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One Use for Futures Markets Is "Price Discovery," That Is

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One use for futures markets is "price discovery," that is, the future price mirrors the current consensus of the future price. If the current price of corn is $2.00 a bushel and the cost of carry is 7 percent, explain what an investor would do if futures price of wheat were $2.40. Is the investor at risk?


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Gazelle Jumps

Adaptive, acrobatic leaps performed by gazelles to avoid predators, often seen as an effective escape mechanism.

Group Selection

Selection arising from variation in fitness among groups.

Reproductively Altruistic

Behavior by an individual that reduces its own reproductive success while boosting the reproductive success of others.

Evolutionary Trade-Off

Situations in which one trait is favored by natural selection, but at the expense of another trait, often due to resource limitations.

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