Between 1981 and the early 2000s,
A) trading in financial futures declined in importance relative to trading in agricultural and mineral commodities futures.
B) trading in financial futures increased in importance relative to trading in agricultural and mineral commodities futures.
C) trading in agricultural and commodities futures was discontinued.
D) trading in financial futures was discontinued.
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Q12: A futures contract is
A)an agreement that specifies
Q13: The most important derivative instruments are
A)futures and
Q14: Forward transactions
A)allow savers and borrowers to conduct
Q15: Derivative instruments are
A)assets such as bonds or
Q16: The buyer of a futures contract
A)assumes the
Q18: Forward transactions
A)provide substantial liquidity.
B)entail small information costs.
C)provide
Q19: If a wheat crop turns out to
Q20: Forward transactions would be useful to
A)a government
Q21: The seller of a futures contract
A)assumes the
Q22: The futures price
A)reflects traders' expectations of the
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