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  2. Futures vs. Forwards: Key Differences - AOL

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    Futures and forwards offer an alternative to traditional stock investing. Both are types of derivative investments, in that their values are based on the value of underlying assets. Regardless of ...

  3. Stock market index future - Wikipedia

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    Forward prices of equity indices are calculated by computing the cost of carry of holding a long position in the constituent parts of the index. This will typically be the risk-free interest rate, since the cost of investing in the equity market is the loss of interest minus the estimated dividend yield on the index, since an equity investor receives the sum of the dividends on the component ...

  4. 4 popular strategies for trading futures - AOL

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    What are futures and why do certain investors like trading them? Futures are a financial contract that gives the owner the obligation to buy a commodity or other security at a predetermined future ...

  5. Futures contract - Wikipedia

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    Equity market – see Stock market index future and Single-stock futures; Commodity market; Cryptocurrencies – see Perpetual futures; Trading on commodities began in Japan in the 18th century with the trading of rice and silk, and similarly in Holland with tulip bulbs. Trading in the US began in the mid 19th century when central grain markets ...

  6. 8 Reasons Why Trading Futures Is Better Than Stocks - AOL

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    Futures traders, on the other hand, can act immediately in most cases. This is one of the major advantages that trading futures has over trading stocks. 4. Returns Can Be More Rapid.

  7. S&P 500 futures - Wikipedia

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    S&P Futures trade with a multiplier, sized to correspond to $250 per point per contract. If the S&P Futures are trading at 2,000, a single futures contract would have a market value of $500,000. For every 1 point the S&P 500 Index fluctuates, the S&P Futures contract will increase or decrease $250.