Futures are derivative financial contracts that oblige a buyer to purchase an asset or a seller to sell an asset on a predetermined date in the future and at a set price.
A futures contract allows an investor to speculate on the price of a financial instrument or commodity.
Futures are used to hedge the price movement of the underlying asset to help prevent losses from adverse price changes.
When you are hedging, you are in the opposite position to the one you are holding in the underlying asset; if you lose money on the underlying asset, the money you make on the futures contract can mitigate that loss.
Futures contracts are traded on the futures exchange and the price of the contract is set after the end of each trading session.
Risk acceptance or risk containment is a conscious strategy of recognizing the possibility of small or rare risks without taking measures to hedge, hedge or avoid these risks.
Arbitrageurs are investors who exploit market inefficiencies of any kind. They are necessary to ensure that inefficiencies between markets are smoothed out or kept to a minimum.
Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) are financial securities backed by income-producing assets such as credit card receivables, home equity loans, student loans, and auto loans.
Audit risk is the risk that the financial statements will be materially incorrect, even if the auditor’s report indicates that the financial statements do not contain any material misstatement.
A beneficial owner is a person who enjoys the benefits of ownership, despite the fact that the ownership of the property is registered in a different name.
The bid-ask spread is the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay for an asset and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept.
The Bloomberg terminal, developed by businessman Michael Bloomberg, is a popular hardware and software system that allows investors to access real-time market data, investment analytics and their own trading platforms.
A central counterparty clearing house (CCP) is an organization, usually run by a large bank, that exists in European countries to facilitate the trading of derivatives and equities.