TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Business finance - Chapter 18: Futures contracts

Chapter 18 - Futures contracts. In this chapter you will learn: Understand what a futures contract is and how futures markets are organised; understand the system of deposits, margins and marking-to-market used by futures exchanges; have some understanding of the determinants of futures price;. | Chapter 18 Futures Contracts 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Learning Objectives Understand what a futures contract is and how futures markets are organised. Understand the system of deposits, margins and marking-to-market used by futures exchanges. Have some understanding of the determinants of futures price. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Learning Objectives (cont.) Understand and be able to explain that speculation and hedging with futures contracts may be imperfect. Understand and explain the features of the major financial futures contracts traded on the Sydney Futures Exchange. Explain speculation and hedging strategies using the major financial futures contracts traded on the Sydney Futures Exchange. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Learning Objectives (cont.) Understand the valuation of 90-day bank-accepted bill futures contracts and share-price index futures contracts. Understand and explain the uses of forward-rate agreements. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Futures Contracts A futures contract is an agreement which

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• Business finance
• Lecture Business finance
• Capital market
• Financial management
• Futures contracts
• Futures exchanges
• Sources of finance
• Leasing finance
• Sources of long term finance
• Long term finance
• Equipment finance
• Ordinary shares
• Long term debt
• Dividend Policy
• Capital structure
• Capital structure decisions
• Capital market efficiency
• Option markets
• Analysis of takeovers
• International financial management
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• Financial decisions
• Financial mathematics
• The time value of money
• Project evaluation
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• Portfolio theory
• Aasset pricing
• Financial intermediaries
• Sources of short term debt