futures market
noun
a market in which futures contracts in commodities are traded.
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How to use futures market in a sentence
But to a large degree it is a futures market—investors are making daily bets about the future profits of companies.
Economic Data Show That, at Last, (Many of) the Fundamentals Are Sound | Daniel Gross | April 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the stock market is famously a futures market; investors try to anticipate what might happen to companies in the future.
Stocks of Gun Companies Fall After Newtown Shooting | Daniel Gross | December 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe price was high because 60 to 70 percent of the oil contracts in the futures market were held by speculators.
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