Agricultural Futures and Options: A Guide to Using North American and European Markets - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1855730758 ISBN 13: 9781855730755

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing, 1992

Synopsis

Agricultural futures and options has been written for the potential and actual users of agricultural futures markets but should also provide a useful introduction to the more academic students of the subject.

Divided into three parts, the first examines the North American markets with chapters on Chicago, definitions, hedgers, commodity trading advisors, options, New York and the Winnipeg community.

Part 2's study of the European markets looks at soft commodities and the London Fox, the London Grain Futures Market, meat futures, potato futures and soya bean meal futures.

Investing and investor protection is the subject of part 3. Guidelines are provided for opening and servicing an account and a further chapter deals with regulation.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Innovative hedging and profit strategies for the global agricultural risk market. While the basic principles of futures trading have remained virtually unchanged for nearly 150 years, their market fundamentals and trading practices have changed tremendously. Agricultural Futures and Options tells you how to reach your objectives in modern-day markets, and gives you a new understanding of the variety and complexity of today's vehicles. Chapters written by influential professionals provide strategies for both hedging and speculation, along with in-depth coverage of the structure and workings of the underlying agribusiness industry, including: methods to maximize your trading success in global markets from Chicago to London; advantages and drawbacks of the rapidly growing screen-based trading arena; action-based blueprints for each member in the F&O chain--from producer (farmer) to speculator (futures traders). Since it is impossible to know with certainty what agricultural prices will be in the near future, let Agricultural Futures and Options and its roster of top professionals explain how, as a producer, you can hedge the future value of your products--and how, as a speculator, you can profit from assuming that risk!

About the Author

Richard Duncan, formerly Cargill Group.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1855730758
• ISBN 13: 9781855730755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Duncan Richard