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BACKWARDATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
  • Trade
DEF

A basic pricing system in commodity futures trading. A structure in which the nearer deliveries of a commodity cost more than contracts that are due to mature many months in the future.

DEF

A Stock Exchange expression for a situation where, at the same moment, a particular stock or share can be bought from one market below the price at which it can be sold to another market maker, thereby creating an instant profit. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

Key term(s)
  • backwardization
  • backwardisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
  • Commerce
DEF

[...] taxe que paye un spéculateur à la baisse pour renvoyer ses transactions à la liquidation suivante, lorsque la chute des cours qu'il espère ne se produit pas, ou qu'un vendeur à terme verse lorsqu'il n'est pas en mesure de lever ses titres le jour prévu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
  • Comercio
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