The Arrow — Debreu model applies to economies with maximally complete markets, in which there exists a market for every time period and
forward prices for every commodity at all time periods and in all places [citation needed].
Not exact matches
Using monthly data
for liquid U.S. stocks during January 1972 through December 2014, spot
prices for 28
commodities during January 1972 through December 2014, spot and
forward exchange rates
for 10 currencies during February 1976 through December 2014, modeled and 1 - month futures
prices for ten 10 - year government bonds during January 1991 through May 2009, and levels and book - to -
price ratios
for 13 developed equity market indexes during January 1994 through December 2014, they find that:
Looking
forward, expansion in production capacity
for some resource
commodities, stronger
commodity prices and the improvement in the global economy should provide a further boost to export earnings over the coming year (see section on
commodity prices and the terms of trade).
Using global industrial production growth as specified, annual total returns
for 30 country, two regional and world stock indexes, currency spot and one - year
forward exchange rates relative to the U.S. dollar, spot
prices on 19
commodities, total annual returns
for a global government bond index and a U.S. corporate bond index, and country inflation rates as available during 1970 through 2013, they find that: Keep Reading
Commodity forwards A «
forward» is a contract agreed between two parties whereby one agrees to deliver a specific quantity of an asset — say one ton of aluminium — on an agreed date and the other agrees to pay a fixed
price for it on that date...
Futures,
forwards and swaps,
for example, are investment contracts between parties to buy, sell or exchange assets like equities,
commodities, currencies or loan terms at agreed - upon
prices.
Looking
forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on
commodity prices and agricultural expansion
for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments
for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems
for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.