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Commodity exchange
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Commodity exchange
Ted spread
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The difference between the price of the three-month U.S. Treasury bill futures contract and the price of the three-month Eurodollar time deposit futures contract with the same expiration month.
Switch
Financial services; Commodity exchange
Offsetting a position in one delivery month of a commodity and simultaneous initiation of a similar position in another delivery month of the same commodity, a tactic referred to as "rolling ...
Underlying commodity
Financial services; Commodity exchange
The commodity or futures contract on which a commodity option is based, and which must be accepted or delivered if the option is exercised. Also, the cash commodity underlying a futures contract.
Forward contracting
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A cash transaction common in many industries, including commodity merchandising, in which a commercial buyer and seller agree upon delivery of a specified quality and quantity of goods at a specified ...
Forward cash contract
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A cash contract in which a seller agrees to deliver a specific cash commodity to a buyer sometime in the future. Forward contracts, in contrast to futures contracts, are privately negotiated and are ...
Bucket shop
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A brokerage enterprise which "books" (i.e., takes the opposite side of) a customer's order without actually having it executed on an exchange.
Commodity Credit Corp
Financial services; Commodity exchange
A branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, established in 1933, that supervises the government's farm loan and subsidy programs.
