Sentences with phrase «price at a certain date in the future»

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The contract is an agreement, or promise, for the buyer to purchase oil at a certain price in the future (the spot price) at a certain date in the future (the contract's maturity) from the seller.
While it's possible to invest directly in commodities (say, by buying 10,000 pounds of sugar), most commodities are traded through «futures contracts» — a promise to buy or sell a certain amount of the commodity at a specified price on a certain date.
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