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Commodity exchange
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Commodity exchange
treasury notes
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Treasury notes are same as treasury bonds except that treasury notes are medium-term and not callable.
trend
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The general direction, either upward or downward, in which prices have been moving.
systemic risk
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Market risk due to price fluctuations which cannot be eliminated by diversification.
quotation
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The actual price or the bid or ask price of either cash commodities or futures contracts.
split close
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Term which refers to price differences in transactions at the close of any market session.
treasury bills
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Short-term U.S. government obligations, generally issued with 13, 26 or 52-week maturities.
short the basis
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The purchase of futures as a hedge against a commitment to sell in the cash or spot markets.
