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Contango is a situation in which the futures price (or forward price) of a commodity is higher than the expected spot price of the contract at maturity. [1] In a contango situation, arbitrageurs or speculators are "willing to pay more [now] for a commodity [to be received] at some point in the future than the actual expected price of the ...
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
The concept started to be used by oil traders in the market in early 1990. [2] But it was in 2007 through 2009 that the oil storage trade expanded. [6] Many participants—including Wall Street giants, such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Citicorp—turned sizeable profits simply by sitting on tanks of oil. [5]
Contango Announces Sale of Alta Investment HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Contango Oil & Gas Company (NYSE MKT: MCF) announced today that Alta Energy had recently signed a contract to sell its ...
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This pattern of falling prices is known as a contango. Figure 3.10 depicts these price patterns." Financial Lexicon, Banks, Palgrave MacMillan, 2005, p. 76 "CONTANGO A market state where FUTURES prices are higher than expected SPOT prices and decline as contract maturity approaches." Difficult to pick a user name 10:48, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Every investor in Contango Oil & Gas Company ( NYSEMKT:MCF ) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups...
Going long in a future means the holder of the position is obliged to buy the underlying instrument at the contract price at expiry. [5] The holder of the position will profit if the price of the underlying instrument goes up, as the price he will pay will be less than the market price.