Index futures are futures contracts where the underlying asset is a stock index. These financial derivatives allow investors to buy or sell the future value of a stock index at a predetermined price ...

Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...

Investing in commodity futures offers a unique way to diversify portfolios and capitalize on price movements in resources such as oil, metals, or agricultural products. The returns from commodity ...

Derivatives are financial contracts. Their value comes from an underlying asset. The asset can be a stock, index, commodity or currency. Traders do not buy the asset directly. They trade on expected ...

July 25, 2024 - In 2010, Congress added Section 5c(c)(5)(C) to the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA"), providing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with the authority to prohibit the listing of ...

Commodity prices are on the move again following the escalation of tensions between Israel, the United States and Iran. In the wake of surgical strikes on Iranian leadership and nuclear facilities, ...

I remain bullish on commodities, especially with China's stimulus, and recommend the abrdn Bloomberg All Commodity Longer Dated Strategy K-1 Free ETF. BCD focuses on longer-dated futures contracts, ...

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For retirees (or soon-to-be retirees), futures contracts can offer an additional avenue for diversification and hedging opportunities, helping to manage market volatility. However, there are a few ...

As Wall Street has migrated from actively managed stock funds to passive index ones in recent years, commodity funds have quietly moved in the opposite direction—toward active management. In both ...