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What are Commodity Futures, anyway?
The futures industry is an important industry. It affects the lives of millions of people, although they may not be aware of its existence. It touches the food they eat, the clothes they wear, and the material that gives them shelter, as well as their finances and investments.
Prior to the advent of futures trading in the United States, most people were farmers or rendered services to farmers. The industrial revolution, which sprang from individual freedom and the private property order, brought a new technology and ability to produce more machinery and, consequently, more food. Economic output not only began to keep pace with the phenomenal growth in population, but also greatly raised all levels of living. The new productivity called for more agricultural storage, transportation, and more efficient distribution.
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Chilton—Price Manipulation?
I found Commissioner Bart Chilton's comments about possible silver market price manipulation on October 26, 2010 to be most interesting, especially since the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has not commented to the public about this subject in the past. …
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Derivatives are Developed in Response to Inherent Risks of Doing Business
Thousands of people who have prepared for the Series 3 exam (commodity futures broker license exam) in the United States know that the futures markets developed in the United States during the 1840s as an answer to …
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