futures

English

Etymology 1

Noun

futures

1. plural of future

Etymology 2

Shortening of futures contract.

Noun

futures (plural futures)

1. Short for futures contract.
   • 1955, Leander D. Howell, Price risks for cotton and cotton products and means of reducing them:

     Changes in spread between prices of cotton sheeting and twill and prices of cotton futures were relatively less than those indicated for print cloth.

   • 1986, Review of Research in Futures Markets‎^[1], volumes 5-6, page 53:

     The percentage of times the American futures call option is priced below the European index call option decreases noticeably when the futures is at a premium to the index.

   • 1996, Ren-Raw Chen, Understanding and Managing Interest Rate Risks‎^[2], page 75:

     A Eurodollar futures is a futures contract that at the expiration of the futures contract

   • 2010, He Huang, Macroeconomic News Effects in Commodity Futures and German Stock and Bond futures markets, →ISBN:

     Our study is the first to investigate the price reaction of two broad commodity futures indices to several US macroeconomic announcements.

   • 2010, Mark H. Melin, High-Performance Managed Futures‎^[3]:

     the raw risk disclosure that managed futures is not a conservative investment.

   • 2010, Andrew M. Chisholm, Derivatives Demystified‎^[4]:

     A bond futures is a commitment to deliver or take delivery of a notional bond on a future date or between a range of dates.

   • 2011, Joe Duarte, Trading Futures For Dummies, →ISBN, page 281:

     Corn, soybeans, and other agricultural futures are excellent contracts to allow someone else to trade for you, either through a commodity fund that specializes in these markets or an advisor with a good record who knows what he's doing.

Translations

futures contract — see futures contract

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Catalan

Adjective

futures

1. feminine plural of futur

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.tyʁ/

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• Homophones: futur, futurs, future

Adjective

futures

1. feminine plural of futur

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Middle English

Noun

futures

1. plural of future

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Norman

Adjective

1. feminine plural of futur