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Commodity

Commodity

A commodity is food, metal, or another fixed physical substance that investors buy or sell, usually via futures contracts.


Commodity (commodities)

Commodity (commodities)

Basic raw materials and foodstuffs such as metals, petroleum, coffee, grain etc.Commodities are traded on a commodity exchange both by the companies that use them (e.g. chocolate manufacturers) and by speculators. Futures contracts allow commodity producers and commodity users to bring some predictability and stability to pricing. By buying futures contracts, they can hedge against underlying price changes in the commodity.In the USA the main ones are the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Kansas City Board of Trade and Mid America Commodity Exchange.In the UK, commodities are traded on the London Metal Exchange, the International Petroleum Exchange and The London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange which incorporates the London Commodity Exchange.


Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)

An agency created by the US Congress in 1974 to regulate exchange trading in futures.


Commodity backed bond

Commodity backed bond

A bond with interest payments tied to the price of an underlying commodity.


London Commodity Exchange (LCE)

London Commodity Exchange (LCE)

Merged with the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange in 1996.


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