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Stock Options and Futures
Future Tenses
The Difference Between
What are futures?
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Wiki User
February 13, 2013 6:28PM
Futures are the contracts between two parties to buy or sell a specified asset of standardized quantity and quality for a price agreed upon today (the futures price or strike price) with delivery and payment occurring at a specified future date, the delivery date.
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