The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is the source of all Dow-derived future contracts (CME). They are traded on the CME Globex market nearly 24 hours a day, from Sunday afternoon to Friday afternoon, and they expire quarterly (March, June, September, and December). The minimum tick in the E-mini Dow futures (ticker: YM) contract is 1 index […]
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Gold has long been thought to be a good inflation hedge. In reality, many people have looked to gold as a “alternative currency,” especially in countries where the national currency is depreciating. When their own currency fails, these countries often resort to gold or other strong currencies. Gold is a genuine, tangible asset that, for
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Especially during periods of strong inflation, investors should have a strategy in place to invest in assets that normally beat the market. In any case, you should diversify your portfolio, although boosting some types of securities, such as bonds, may be a beneficial option when inflation strikes. Are bonds beneficial during periods of inflation? Maintaining
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Consumption-led expansions contribute more to aggregate GDP growth than non-consumption-led expansions, as expected: on average 1.6 percentage points vs 1 percentage point for non-consumption-led expansions (Graph 4, left-hand panel). Is consumption bad for the economy? Consumer expenditure accounts for a considerable portion of GDP in the United States. As a result, it is one of
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Governments can fight inflation by imposing wage and price limits, but this can lead to a recession and job losses. Governments can also use a contractionary monetary policy to combat inflation by limiting the money supply in an economy by raising interest rates and lowering bond prices. Another measure used by governments to limit inflation
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ABUJA, 15 JUNE 2021 Nigeria’s economy contracted by 1.8 percent in 2020, the most since 1983. The economic recession was triggered by the COVID-19 crisis; the external environment was characterized by capital withdrawals, increased risk aversion, low oil prices, and falling foreign remittances. Nigeria’s Current Situation According to Resilience through Reforms, the Nigerian government’s reforms
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The sum of GDP’s various components (Ai) can be determined. Any change in one of its components has an impact on GDP expansion. The increase of component Ai weighted by its weight in GDP at period t-1 equals the contribution of component Ai to GDP growth between t and t-1. GDP growth can be broken
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This is much easier to comprehend, and traders use it to choose whether to buy in the cash or futures markets. Futures typically trade at a premium to the cash market due to the cost of funding. Depending on the stock’s volatility, the spread might be anywhere from 0.7 percent to 1.2 percent per month.
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62 percent of registered voters say Biden’s policies are to blame for rising prices on everything from turkeys to gasoline to apartment leases, according to a Morning Consult poll released in late October. The latest Consumer Price Index report has Biden’s fingerprints all on it, with prices climbing 0.9 percent in October compared to 0.2
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Stock index futures, such as the S&P 500 E-mini Futures (ES), reflect expectations for a stock index’s price at a later date, based on dividends and interest rates. Index futures are two-party agreements that are considered a zero-sum game because when one party wins, the other loses, and there is no net wealth transfer. While
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