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Futures - Definition
Below, you'll find a definition of this investing term...

Definition: A financial instrument that gives the person the obligation to buy or sell a certain amount of a commodity at a certain date.  When people talk about "investing on corn", this is what they're talking about.

TeenAnalyst Advice: Futures trading is a high-risk, high-reward form of investing.  Because your money is leveraged, you have the potential to make many times more than you invest.  But you can also lose more than you invest.

Futures trading is called "speculation" because the trader is betting on what direction the commodity or index will go.

 

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