Creating a diversified portfolio using futures contracts involves having a working understanding of how to diversify assets and how various assets are correlated with one another. Futures contracts ...

Learn the steps to calculate notional value for futures contracts and why it's pivotal in evaluating risks and managing your ...

Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell a specific underlying asset, such as a commodity or a stock, at a predetermined future price and date. Investors use futures contracts – futures for ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

This is part 2 of a multi-part series where we deep dive into the nuances of Index Returns. This paper will provide an overview of the mechanisms of equity futures, the purpose of the equity index ...