Future Trading upon Organized Commodity Markets in the United States /

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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (496 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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