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A
financial contract that encompasses the sale of financial instruments
or physical commodities for future delivery, usually on a commodity
exchange. Futures contracts try to "bet" what the value
of an index or commodity will be at some date in the future.
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Future's
are often used by mutual funds and large institutions to hedge their
positions when the markets are rocky. |
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