commodity
81Commodity-Backed Bonds — A commodity backed bond is an investment term referring to a type of bond whose value is directly related to the price of a specified commodity. Most bonds have a fixed value determined at the time of purchase. A commodity backed bond, however,… …
82commodity exchange — An exchange that lists designated futures contracts for the trading of various types of derivative products and allows use of its facilities by traders. Must comply with rules set forth by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC). Chicago …
83Commodity chain — A commodity chain is a sequential process used by firms to gather resources, transform them into goods or commodities and, finally, distribute them to consumers. It is a series of links connecting the many places of production and distribution… …
84Commodity index fund — A commodity index fund is a financial product whose value is based on a various commodity futures.[1] The first was the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, created in 1991.[1] Other commodity index funds: JP Morgan (1994)[1] AIG Commodity Index[1]… …
85Commodity Price Risk — The threat that a change in the price of a production input will adversely impact a producer who uses that input. Commodity production inputs include raw materials like cotton, corn, wheat, oil, sugar, soybeans, copper, aluminum and steel.… …
86Commodity-Backed Bond — A commodity backed bond is a type of debt security which is linked with the price of a commodity. Under the most common arrangement, the interest rate paid on a commodity backed bond is set to fluctuate based on the market price of the commodity… …
87Commodity Futures Trading Commission — ( CFTC) A federal regulatory agency established under the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act, as amended in 1974, that oversees futures trading in the United States. The commission is comprised of five commissioners, one of whom is… …
88Commodity Channel Index — The Commodity Channel Index (CCI) is an oscillator originally introduced by Donald Lambert in an article published in the October 1980 issue of Commodities magazine (now known as Futures magazine). Since its introduction, the indicator has grown… …
89Commodity risk — Categories of financial risk Credit risk Concentration risk Market risk Interest rate risk Currency risk Equity risk Commodity risk Liquidity risk Refinancing risk …
90Commodity Pool Operator — A CPO is an individual or organization which operates or solicits funds for a commodity pool; that is, an enterprise in which funds contributed by a number of persons are combined for the purpose of trading futures contracts or commodity options …
