The New National Consumer Council, operating as Consumer Futures, was a non-departmental public body and statutory consumer organisation in England, Wales...
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In finance, a futures contract (sometimes called futures) is a standardized legal contract to buy or sell something at a predetermined price for delivery...
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single-stock futures, the products of which began trading in November 2002.[citation needed] In 2010, the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...
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The Onion Futures Act is a United States law banning the trading of futures contracts on onions as well as "motion picture box office receipts". In 1955...
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July 2017). Price comparison websites: consumer perceptions and experiences (PDF) (Report). Consumer Futures. Archived from the original on 23 September...
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In finance, a perpetual futures contract, also known as a perpetual swap, is an agreement to non-optionally buy or sell an asset at an unspecified point...
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The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution is a government ministry of India. The ministry is headed by a Cabinet rank minister. The...
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"E-mini JPY/USD Futures - Contract specifications". CME Group. Retrieved 16 April 2011. "E-mini Consumer Discretionary Select Sector Futures - Contract specifications"...
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"progress". As a solution, Local Futures promotes economic localization and other locally based alternatives to the global consumer culture, as a means to protect...
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Futures studies, futures research, futurism research, futurism, or futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of social/technological...
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Commodity market (redirect from Agricultural futures contracts)
cocoa, fruit and sugar. Hard commodities are mined, such as gold and oil. Futures contracts are the oldest way of investing in commodities.[citation needed]...
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Citizens Advice (category Consumer protection in the United Kingdom)
Citizens Advice took over the role of Consumer Futures (previously Consumer Focus) which represents consumers of regulated industries (energy and the...
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The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (CFMA) is a United States federal law that ensures that over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives remained unregulated...
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Advocates for further reform included the consumer group Which? and Consumer Focus (later Consumer Futures), the statutory body formerly known as Energywatch...
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Home economics (redirect from Family and Consumer Science basic topics)
family and consumer sciences (often shortened to FCS or FACS), is a subject concerning human development, personal and family finances, consumer issues,...
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Eurodollar (section Eurodollar futures contracts)
around 13.833 trillion. The Eurodollar futures contract was launched in 1981. It was the first cash-settled futures contract. It traded on the Chicago Mercantile...
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Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (Danish: Instituttet for Fremtidsforskning) is a Danish not-for-profit, independent futures think tank founded in...
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The United States Army Futures Command (AFC) is a United States Army command that runs modernization projects. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas. The...
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Toolkit's Deferred API as of version 1.5, a consumer-only promise object represents a read-only view. In Alice ML, futures provide a read-only view, whereas a...
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component of the Bakkt offering, Intercontinental Exchange's U.S.-based futures exchange and clearinghouse plan to launch a one-day physically delivered...
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Derivative (finance) (section Futures)
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. The Act delegated many rule-making details of regulatory oversight to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission...
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is a type of hog (pork) futures contract that can be used to hedge and to speculate on pork prices in the US. Lean Hog futures and options are traded on...
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"Collective dissonance and the transition to post-consumerism". Futures. 52: 42–51. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2013.07.001. "GINI index (World Bank estimate)...
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The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, commonly referred to as Dodd–Frank, is a United States federal law that was enacted on July...
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Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton engaged in a series of trades of cattle futures contracts. Her initial $1,000 investment had generated nearly $100,000...
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Economic calculation problem (redirect from Consumers' ballot)
based on their expectations. Futures markets are a link between entrepreneurial investment decisions and household consumer decisions. Since most goods...
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Hedge (finance) (section Stock/futures hedging)
many types of over-the-counter and derivative products, and futures contracts. Public futures markets were established in the 19th century to allow transparent...
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Contango is a situation in which the futures price (or forward price) of a commodity is higher than the expected spot price of the contract at maturity...
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electronic futures and options exchange based in Zürich, Switzerland with a subsidiary in Frankfurt, Germany, offers options (ODAX) and Futures (FDAX) on...
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En primeur (redirect from Wine futures)
En primeur or "wine futures", is a method of purchasing wines early while the wine (a vintage) is still in the barrel. This offers the customer the opportunity...
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