Learn what financial instruments are, explore major types and asset classes, and understand how they work in investing, trading, and portfolio construction.

Explore the origins of options contracts, from rice traders in ancient times to today's financial markets. Understand their ...

having suffered through a wild five years and showing barely positive returns during that period, investors are looking at alternative asset classes to boost returns and round out their portfolios.

Trading options can be a complicated process. Information overload among the uninitiated is prevalent, as a lot of options strategies are available and traders need to evaluate all of the possible ...

The primary difference between a futures contract and a commodity option contract is that a futures contract obligates a trader to buy or sell the underlying commodity. Along with this, commodity ...

President Donald Trump's auto and retaliatory tariffs on key U.S. trading partners are contributing to market volatility. Trump also recently noted he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from countries ...

On September 30, CFTC staff issued responses to several frequently asked questions (FAQs) related to commodity options. Pursuant to Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, which defines the term ...

China opened its financial and commodity markets further to foreign investors on Friday, allowing qualified overseas institutions to trade broadly domestic futures and options instruments. Adds ...

Gold ? whether traditional or “black” ? is creating quite a situation for investors. Though many are describing a “booming” gold market, local financial investors have different feelings on the future ...

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Sept 16 (Reuters) - India's cabinet cleared the way on Thursday for commodities exchanges to launch options, a move that should boost liquidity on markets that are already attracting ...

A commodity is a raw material that is typically used as input for producing other goods or services. Commodities are typically produced uniformly, meaning a specific amount of a commodity produced ...