ECON 252: Financial Markets
Lecture 21 - Forwards and Futures. Futures markets were started in Osaka, Japan in the 1600s to create an authoritative and meaningful market price for agricultural products, using standardized contracts. Since then, futures markets have been copied around the world to allow the hedging various future risks, financial and other. In the United States, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade have been the most popular futures trading markets. Although futures markets are changing and becoming more electronic, they are still important risk management tools for farmers and present financial opportunities for all manner of hedgers and arbitrageurs. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 21 - Forwards and Futures |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Introduction: Thoughts on Guest Speakers |
| [00:07:23] | 2. From Osaka's Rice Warehouses: The Development of the Forward and Futures Market |
| [00:24:47] | 3. Forward Contracts for Currency Exchange and Interest Rates |
| [00:35:30] | 4. The Completely Financial Futures Market |
| [00:51:44] | 5. A Case Study of Futures: The Price of Wheat and the Question of Storage |
| [01:00:47] | 6. Backwardation and Spot Premiums |
| References |
| Lecture 21 - Forwards and Futures Instructor: Professor Robert J. Shiller. Resources: Lecture 21 [PDF]; Problem Set 6: Futures and Options [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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