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Forward and Futures Markets in Financial Markets - Lecture 15

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This lecture explains futures markets through forwards-versus-futures contracts, standardization, counterparty risk, margin accounts, contango and backwardation, futures pricing, and physical versus cash settlement. Examples include rice, wheat, oil, and S&P 500 index futures.

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- Chapter 1. Forwards vs. Futures Contracts; Speculation in Derivative Markets.
- Chapter 2. The First Futures Market and the Role of Standardization .
- Chapter 3. Rice Futures and Contango vs. Backwardation.
- Chapter 4. Counterparty Risk and Margin Accounts.
- Chapter 5. Wheat Futures and the Fair Value Formula for Futures Pricing.
- Chapter 6. Oil Futures .
- Chapter 7. The History of the Oil Market .
- Chapter 8. Financial Futures and the Difficulty of Forecasting.

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