Definition
Futures contracts based on financial instruments, such as Treasury Bonds, CDs, currencies or indexes.
This content can be found on the following page:
http://www.investorwords.com/cgi-bin/getword.cgi?id=1949&term=financial%20futures
email to a friend
print this definition
cite this definition
link to this page
Copy and paste this HTML in your website to link to this page
'financial futures' appears in the definitions of these other terms on BusinessDictionary.com: delivery notice, interest rate futures, delivery date, futures exchange, soft commodities, and 
Related Research Articles from the InvestorGuide.com University
Futures
Futures contracts guarantee a transaction at a date in the future. Learn the details behind futures trading, settling future contracts, and how to price futures.
Stock Option Plans
Learn more about one of the ways employee's can gain ownership of their employer's company and share in its growth. Includes information on non-qualified stock options and incentive stock options.
Introduction to Other Investments
Stocks, bonds and mutual funds are the most popular asset classes and therefore get most of the market's attention, but there are other important investment opportunities every investor should know about as well, including options, futures, and currency. Although these investments are complex and usually intended for sophisticated investors, it's worth understanding what they are and how they operate in order to decide if they should play any role in your overall investment strategy.
|
