Commodities and Futures

Commodities

Definitions of Commodities not found.

Futures and commodities are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Futures" instead a noun "Commodities".

Futures

Definitions of Commodities not found.

Commodities and futures are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commodities" instead a noun "Futures".

Both words in one sentence

  • Subverted in Trading Places: when the Dukes take Valentine, the homeless man they're training to be a commodities trader, to a big business dinner with a client, the client asks Valentine his opinion on whether or not he should buy wheat futures.
  • To elaborate, commodities futures are highly leveraged - a small down payment for a contract to buy or sell a large amount of the underlying commodity (wheat, corn, whatever) on the expiration date; you are essentially betting big that the price of the commodity is going to rise or fall.
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