Future Trading upon Organized Commodity Markets in the United States / / G. Wright Hoffman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hoffman, G. Wright,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1932
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; PREFACE --; CONTENTS --; TABLES --; CHARTS --; PART 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF FUTURE MARKETS --; I. ECONOMIC POSITION OF FUTURE TRADING --; II. EVOLUTION OF FUTURE TRADING: GRAIN AND PROVISIONS --; III. EVOLUTION OF FUTURE TRADING: COTTON AND OTHER COMMODITIES --; IV. GRAIN MARKETING --; V. COTTON MARKETING --; VI. THE FUTURE CONTRACT AND ITS USE --; VII. THE MARKET STRUCTURE: TRADING FACILITIES --; VIII. THE MARKET STRUCTURE: BROKERS AND TRADERS --; IX. ORGANIZATION AND RULES OF EXCHANGES --; Χ. TRADING PROCEDURE --; XI. CLEARING OF FUTURE CONTRACTS --; XII. CLEARING OF FUTURE CONTRACTS (continued) --; PART 2: PRICE ASPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF FUTURE TRADING --; XIII. THE PRICE STRUCTURE --; XIV. INTERRELATION OF CASH AND FUTURE PRICES --; XV. DIFFERENCE SYSTEMS AND THEIR EFFECT ON FUTURE PRICES --; XVI. DELIVERABLE CASH SUPPLIES AND FUTURE PRICES --; XVII. MARKET OPERATIONS AND THEIR RELATION TO FUTURE PRICES --; XVIII. GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION OF EXCHANGES --; XIX. HEDGING --; XX. HEDGING (Continued.) --; XXI. THE MARKET-MAKING FUNCTION --; XXII. SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK --; APPENDIX A. FIRST 12 SECTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES COTTON FUTURES ACT --; APPENDIX Β. THE GRAIN FUTURES ACT --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512802443; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512802443
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: G. Wright Hoffman.

The development and extent of future trading and a detailed description of the organization, facilities, and methods of operation of future markets, particularly practices of the Chicago Board of Trade and the New York Cotton Exchange.