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Erickcek WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research August 14 2014 Outline Explore the impact of alternative futures Multiplier impact Increase local purchases Increased agricultural production in the Thumb . Slide 6 Motivation Motivation Hedging or Speculation? Alternative Tools? Futures, forwards, options, and swaps Insurance Diversification Match duration of assets and liabilities Match sales and expens 22: Hedging, Speculation, and Arbitrage. Futures. Hedge. use futures to reduce risk on an existing position. Speculate. use futures to take on risk in the hope of making a profit. Arbitrage. Use the difference between spot and futures prices to generate risk-free profit . $ versus . ¥ Nikkei 225 Index Futures. 1. Christopher Ting. Learning Objectives. Define quanto. Understand inter-market spread trading strategy. Analyze the P&L of a short quanto position. 2. Quanto. Tools and methods for futures guidance . . SIEC . conference. 8.8.2014. Leena Jokinen . Univeristy. of Turku. Finland . Futures. . Research. Centre . www.ffrc.utu.fi. leena.jokinen@utu.fi. Content. A. s . a Cognitive prosthetic. Jake Dunagan, Ph.D., Global Foresight Lead, . verynice.co. Embodied. –Lewis Carroll. “It is a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.” . We need to create “memories” of Alternative Futures. 22: Speculation. Futures. Hedge. use futures to reduce risk on an existing position. Speculate. use futures to take on risk in the hope of making a profit. Arbitrage. Use the difference between spot and futures prices to generate risk-free profit . Lecture 19: Devising a Real-World Hedging Strategy: Optimal Hedge Ratio. (Part 2). Nick . Piggott & Wally Thurman. NCSU Agricultural & Resource Economics. March . 21, 2016. 11.45 am – 1.00pm. To investigate the way in which characters are described.. To be able to make inferences about characters from analysing language. . Inference. The process of decoding a text or image to make assumptions about what is actually happening.. . Issued Quarterly . . April 2017 . Newsletter . . If you have any news, suggestions, kudos, thank you’s or thoughts, please let Eric know in person, by phone at 403-531-8631 ext 205, or by email at . February 2016. The UWA Futures Observatory opened in November 2015 to provide a focus for the Centre for Education Futures’ Scholarship and Innovation stream. . Its . purpose is to:. Promote . and encourage UWA’s future thinking . Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, . Copyright © John C. Hull 2012. 1. Long & Short Hedges. A long futures hedge is appropriate when you know you will purchase an asset in the future and want to lock in the price. 2. A. Forward vs. Futures Markets. 1. Forward contracting involves a contract initiated at one time and performance in accordance with the terms of the contract occurring at a subsequent time. . Example: A highly prized St. Bernard has just given birth to a litter of pups. A buyer agrees to buy one pup for $400. The exchange cannot take place for 6 weeks. The buyer and seller agree to exchange (sell) the pup in 6 weeks for $400. This is a forward contract; both parties are obligated to go through with the deal.. . PAPER –CC 303 MODULE -II. FINANCIAL ENGINEERING. S.MUKHERJEE. FUTURES PRICES AND SPOT PRICES. The futures price converges to the spot price of the underlying asset as the delivery period for a futures contract is approached. When the delivery period is reached, the futures price equals—or is very close to—the spot price.. Michael Taylor. FinPricing. https://finpricing.com/download.html. Currency Future. . A currency future or an FX future is a future contract between two parties to exchange one currency for another at a fixed exchange rate on a fixed future date. .