AU Future Markets and Securities Reflection

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The futures markets offer investors an opportunity to trade precious metals (gold, silver, copper), agricultural goods (grains, livestock, coffee), financial assets (stocks, bonds, bitcoin), and many others. The trading is done via a futures contract, which is a commitment to deliver or accept delivery of a certain quantity of an asset at a specified date at an agreed-upon price.

Describe two essential features of a futures contract and how the futures market operates.

Discuss one major difference between a cash market and a futures market.

Explain why both hedgers and speculators are important to a futures market.

Explain whether you would consider purchasing a futures contract and why.

This course covered a lot of investment-related terminology and concepts. As you learned, investors need to consider risk, reward, diversification, and overall goals when creating an investment portfolio.

In your initial discussion post,

Explain two major things you learned in the course and how they will help you become a savvier investor.

Explain one challenge you faced when creating your own hypothetical investment portfolio in Week 4.

Discuss one area of investment planning you want to learn more about.

Provide one credible resource that will help you gain additional knowledge, such as a credible website, article, or video. (Note: This resource should be different from what you provided in earlier weeks.)

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