From Hedging to Pure Speculation: A Micro Model of Optimal Futures and Cash Market Positions

作者: Ronald W. Ward , Lehman B. Fletcher

DOI: 10.2307/3180299

关键词: Production (economics)Financial economicsFutures contractProduct (business)Market positionMicroeconomicsEconomicsSpeculationCashPosition (finance)

摘要: … market existed when the optimal futures position (short or long) exceeded the 100 percent … of speculation which occurs when the established futures position does not provide hedging …

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