Commodity exchange

Commodity exchange

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Commodity exchange

Margin call

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A call from a clearinghouse to a clearing member, or from a brokerage firm to a customer, to bring margin deposits up to a required minimum level.

Commodity-linked bond

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A bond in which payment to the investor is dependent on the price level of such commodities as crude oil, gold, or silver at maturity.

Futures exchange

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A central marketplace with established rules and regulations where buyers and sellers meet to trade futures and options on futures contracts.

Gold certificate

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A certificate attesting to a person's ownership of a specific amount of gold bullion.

Commission

Financial services; Commodity exchange

(1) The charge made by a commission house for buying and selling commodities; (2) the CFTC.

London option

Financial services; Commodity exchange

A generic term sometimes used to describe options on physical commodities or on futures contracts traded abroad (typified by options on London commodity markets). These options, which often had ...

A government programme in which farmers who comply with a voluntary acreage-control programme and set aside an additional percentage of acreage specified by the government receive certificates that ...