A futures contract is an agreement to purchase or sell a specific collection of securities or a physical commodity at a specified price and time in the future. For example, a futures contract for the S&P 500 Index represents ownership interest in the S&P 500 Index at a specified price for delivery on a specified date on a particular exchange.
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Ask The Expert with Larry Swedroe, January 2009 Issue
This is the 12th issue of the Ask The Expert column by Larry Swedroe. You can see Larry’s full biography and important disclaimer below. If you are interested in having your question answered by Larry, please send me an email via the contact page.
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Investing In Commodities
I was reading Larry Swedroe’s The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You’ll Ever Need the other day, I have been thinking about adding commodities to my portfolio since. No, I am not going to buy a futures contract; however, I have been thinking about adding commodities to my overall portfolio. Commodities have been taking significant [...]
Money Lesson #3: Investment Vehicles
This week lesson with my wife was about different investment vehicles. I am not an investment guru, so our conversation was mainly around the ones we do use. However, I did some Google searches and included other investment vehicles I do not use for the sake of completeness (links are pointing to Wikipedia).
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