Cash Markets, Deregulation Changing Financial Futures
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While futures and options should enjoy a great volume year in 1984, market sectors will not all play a strong role in trading. Changes are related to cash markets for United States Treasury debt issues and other debt instruments. Futures are now accepted as a useful price-discovery tool, and a good way to hedge risk. Bond markets are not strong at present. New forms of financial options are being used in Europe and will proliferate in the next few years in the United States. Institutions tend to prefer bond options, with controlled risks. The Federal Reserve has actually maintained stable T-bill rates by controlling federal funds rates. This has been accomplished by control of overnight, interbank lending levels. Ginnie Mae contracts are expected to be slow in futures trading. Hedging activity will increase, so long as the dollar is strong.
Publication Name: Futures: Magazine of Commodities & Options
Subject: Business, general
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Year: 1984
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International Brokerage Links Next Big Industry Step
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When financial and foreign exchange futures were introduced in the early 1970s, many large brokerage houses in both the securities and commodities markets merged. Shortly after this several domestic futures exchanges started link-ups which all turned out to be unsuccessful. Then the link-up between securities and futures exchanges evolved and was successful. Such successes were the Chicago Board of Trade and the American Stock Exchange, and the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Futures Exchange. The latest link-up being made by Leo Melamed, the futures industry's leading innovator, is between American and foreign Exchanges.
Publication Name: Futures: Magazine of Commodities & Options
Subject: Business, general
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Year: 1984
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Gold Traders Getting More Options Worldwide
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Trading in gold futures has in the past been risky and for that reason undesirable for many investors. The American Stock Exchange (AMEX) has developed a system using gold options which offer a limited risk. The AMEX gold options are attractive to investors because they are settled in cash, rather than in underlying futures, as most other exchange options are. The AMEX options are also attractive to foreign investors who want to move assets to the United States.
Publication Name: Futures: Magazine of Commodities & Options
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