Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more than three decades of experience as a business executive. He is a professor of economics and has raised more than $4.5 billion in ...

Derivatives are financial contracts. Their value comes from an underlying asset. The asset can be a stock, index, commodity or currency. Traders do not buy the asset directly. They trade on expected ...

JAKARTA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The Jakarta Futures Exchange (JFX) will launch coal, natural rubber and coffee bean contracts in the first quarter of next year, an exchange director said on Thursday, with ...

Retail traders now have a new way to trade derivatives on agricultural commodities. CME Group has produced a suite of "micro" contracts on grain and oilseed futures. Bite-sized options can help ...

For retirees (or soon-to-be retirees), futures contracts can offer an additional avenue for diversification and hedging opportunities, helping to manage market volatility. However, there are a few ...

The iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust offers diversified exposure to commodities futures, with significant weighting in energy, metals, and some agriculture. GSG is best suited for tactical, ...

Silver futures trading involves an agreement between a buyer and a seller in which physical silver will be bought by the buyer and delivered by the seller for a fixed price at a date set in the future ...