Sentences with phrase «more than the spot price»

Next, since oil for future delivery is currently trading for more than the spot price, a situation traders call «contango», selling into the futures market is a financial win for producers.

If you invest in a fund that always buys one - month oil futures contracts, for instance, and that fund has to pay $ 2 more than the spot price for them, the fund will essentially lose $ 2 per barrel each month when they roll their futures contracts.

Not exact matches

For traders used to seeing arbitrage plays vanish within seconds, bitcoin futures» rise back to more than $ 1,300 above the spot price a full day after their debut is another testament to the cryptocurrency's unconventional evolution.

Blankfein served in Goldman's top spot for more than 12 years and his tenure features both the 2008 financial crisis (and multimillion - dollar settlements with the government over allegations that Goldman had lied to investors) as well as all - time highs for its stock price.

While spot prices for oil are up more than 50 percent this year, ETFs tracking those markets through derivatives are heavily underperforming.

Precious and Industrial Metals Inflation concerns, geopolitical tensions and interest - rate levels, especially real yields, contributed to a 1.7 % rise in the spot price of gold (to US$ 1,325 per troy ounce), as did swings in the US dollar.1 Gold prices traded within the US$ 1,305 — 1,360 range throughout the period, reached 18 - month highs in March and capped their third straight quarterly gain, a feat not seen since 2011.1 Haven demand was a key support as exchange - traded gold holdings of 2,269 metric tons (mt) neared a five - year high.1 The Fed is widely expected to boost borrowing costs, and investors have been carefully watching the central bank's statements to see whether it targets more rate increases in 2018 than previously projected.

Natural Gas Natural gas futures were among the quarter's key decliners -LRB--7.5 %, to US$ 2.73 per million British thermal units) as production growth outweighed seasonal consumption and higher exports of the fuel.1 Spot prices saw an even larger drop of 20.6 % (to US$ 2.81) as the support of December's weather - related demand spikes faded and a more normal winter pattern developed.1 Natural gas generally took its downward price cues from elevated US production and growth in the natural gas - focused rig count, which increased from 179 to 194 in March alone.2 Despite the price drop, traders remained optimistic given surging US shale - gas exports and a supply deficit that was 20 % larger than the five - year average at March - end, the biggest in four years.3 Moreover, total natural gas inventories of 1.38 trillion cubic feet were nearly 33 % below their year - ago level.3 Meanwhile, the market appeared focused on an anticipated production surge (2018 is projected to be a record growth year for gas supplies) and may have overlooked intensifying demand as US exports increasingly helped drain supplies.

Even though in this example the December - 2016 futures contract is still $ 1 above the spot price, there is a profit to be had because the cost of storage plus the time value of money amounts to significantly more than the $ 1 / barrel futures premium.

Newcastle spot prices, essentially the global benchmark price for coal, have fallen from a peak of more than $ 140 a ton in early 2011 to less than $ 70 a ton.

Futures prices generally move somewhat in response to changes in the spot price, even when movements in the latter are driven by transitory factors, but their substantially lower volatility suggests that they are more anchored to longer - run price fundamentals than are spot prices.

Steel prices soared — spot prices for steel were up more than 60 % four months later.

The price to move up 20 spots into the top - 10 is astronomical, definitely worth more than a borderline 3 - round pick and a disappointing former high pick.

Unlike a knockoff Gucci purse or Rolex watch, however, it takes more than misspelled brand labels, altered logos or suspiciously low prices to spot a bogus microprocessor being passed off as the real thing.

But for those who want more out of their car — and their life — than just railing on the limit 24/7, but don't want to succumb to the floating beige coffins of late middle age just yet, the S3's balance of size, price, performance, quality, comfort, and tech hits a perfectly targeted sweet spot.

It unveiled the 2012 Lincoln MKZ with lots of technology, all of it priced more affordably than what you'd pay on German or Japanese luxury sedans: lane keep assist, adaptive cruise control, blind spot warning and cross-traffic (in back) alert, and the next generation (that is, the easier to use generation) of MyLincoln Touch.

It's the sweet spot for owners who need more cabin space than a regular cab model, at a lower price than the Ram Crew Cab, which has full - size rear doors and accommodations.

«The new Regal GS is in the sweet spot of the market: more refined and luxurious than the mainstream, more value for the price with style and premium features on par with higher - end competitors,» said Duncan Aldred, vice president of Buick.

The new Regal GS is in the sweet spot of the market: more refined and luxurious than the mainstream, more value for the price with style and premium features on par with higher - end competitors, and with standard features like AWD with active twin clutch and a rear sportback design that will surprise customers with its usefulness,» said Duncan Aldred, Vice President of Global Buick and GMC.

The 2006 - 2007 Toyota Tacoma is larger than the Ranger we previously discussed, and is more comfortable as a daily driver, but finding a base model is key to hit that sweet spot in pricing.

The real sore spot for the 370Z is its starting price of $ 41,820, which is nearly $ 14,000 more than I expect the Miata Club to cost.

I've been hearing readers complain about rising ebook prices and spotted more than a few at $ 12.99, $ 17.99, even $ 29.99, but I hadn't yet seen the numbers on how this affects sales.

In fact, $ 2.99 - 3.99 is the sweet spot for a bestseller, and earn more in sales than books priced higher.

The dramatic visual contrast from one forex candlestick to the next enables traders to spot repetitive price action setups in a dramatically easier and more enjoyable manner than using standard bar charts or line charts.

Another thing to note is that SGX Nifty is a futures contract and hence its movements are more aligned with Nifty Future contract of that specific month rather than Spot price of Nifty.

The fewer the data points (i.e. reporting periods) included in the average, the closer the moving average stays to the spot rate, thereby reducing its value and offering little more insight into the overall trend than the price chart itself.

This process of buying longer - dated futures contracts can sometimes be more expensive than simply buying and holding the underlying commodity because of changes in the spot price of the commodity and the amount of time value in the futures contract — a situation known as «contango.»

As time goes by, I can / would migrate more towards spot prices rather than historic averages in my valuation.

Unlike most gold bars that will likely never sell for more than their small premium over the spot price of gold, most gold coins will increase in value and command increasing premiums over spot gold as they age, depending on market factors.

To purchase a contract at more than $ 75 supposes a loss (the «loss» would be $ 25 if the contract were purchased for $ 100) to the agent who «bought forward» as opposed to waiting a year to buy at the spot price when oil is actually needed.

To show you how good this sweet spot is for the BA award chart, United would require 60,000 miles for a roundtrip business class redemption from DFW to CUN which is 30,000 more than Avios (and twice the price)!

While business travel worldwide continues to show a steady recovery from the dark days of the great Recession, some countries are emerging as «hot spots» where prices will increase more than in others.

That prices the Echo Spot at just a little more than the new $ 99 Echo speaker, but much less than the $ 229 Echo Show.

While the Spot's price is a little high for what you get - mainly because it's so much more than an Echo Dot - it's in the realms of affordable for gifting, and an obvious addition for an Alexa household, especially if the Show is too large for your tastes.

The NVIDIA Spot managed to catch the eye of many consumers mainly due to its price tag, at $ 49.99 it's actually way more affordable than the Google Home, and at the time, the Google Home Mini wasn't around, so it's understandable that people were interested in the NVIDIA Spot.

At the moment that price is much more than the current rate XEM tokens are being sold for as the spot price is $ 0.56 per coin.

Bitcoin futures, however, are trading at a more than 10 % premium compared to prices in the spot market.