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Contango

Contango is a situation in which the futures price (or forward price) of a commodity is higher than the spot price. In a contango situation, arbitrageurs or speculators are "willing to pay more for a commodity [to be received] at some point in the future than to purchase the commodity immediately. This may be due to people's desire to pay a premium to…

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Interest rates

2007–2008 world food price crisis

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Economic theory

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Contango

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples47
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Contango

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related to 2007–2008 world food price crisis · 12
Contango → Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Development, Economic Co-operation, Frederick Kaufman, Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, Harper's Magazine, In, It, June, Organisation, The Economist
related to Description · 9
Contango → But, European Communities, For, If, It, The, The Commission, To, When
related to Economic theory · 8
Contango → Economic, Industrial, John Hicks, John Maynard Keynes, Keynes, Money, Speculators, Treatise
related to Further reading · 7
Contango → Backwardation Review, Khan Academy, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Review, Wikisource-logo
related to Origin of term · 6
Contango → England, In, London Stock Exchange, Settlement, The, This
related to Interest rates · 3
Contango → An, If, This
is a · 2
Contango → potential trap for unwary investors, situation in which the futures price

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spot price futures commodity market prices forward backwardation future oil delivery interest storage normal speculators contract may cost situation contracts

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Contangois asituation in which the futures price0.90text
Contangois apotential trap for unwary investors0.90text
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisIn0.60section
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisHarper's Magazine0.60section
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisFrederick Kaufman0.60section
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisGoldman Sachs Commodity Index0.60section
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisChicago Mercantile Exchange0.60section
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisJune0.60section
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisThe Economist0.60section
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisIt0.60section
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisOrganisation0.60section
Contangorelated to 2007–2008 world food price crisisEconomic Co-operation0.60section

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