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rffrydr
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 Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: Contango |
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The extreme discount of present value commodities to more distant deliveries (primarily crude) can be played without futures markets extremities: sell the near-term indices like SP index and buy the longer based like MSCI. This condition could very well be with us for a long long time.
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rffrydr
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Not your father's contango:
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2011/12/16/803831/the-curious-case-of-abnormal-backwardation/
| Quote: | | The surplus inventory associated with ‘normal contango’ implicitly becomes the ‘collateral’ which passive-buyers demand in exchange for funding the market today. It’s the store of value they feel can protect their wealth over time better than money market instruments. |
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goldbug
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| Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: newbie needs more |
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| hi, i am a newbie, i noticed contango in uso. can you explain in layman terms what i gotto do? |
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