Commodities: Forwards, Futures, and Physical Markets
Free CFA Level II lesson in Alternative Investments. 13 min read, ~1,894 words.
Commodity forward price = Spot x e^(r + storage - convenience yield) x T. Contango = futures spot (negative roll yield); backwardation = futures < spot (positive roll yield). Total futures return = spot return + roll yield + collateral yield. Convenience yield is unobservable, implied from the gap between...
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