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Forward contract

A Forward contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell an
asset (which can be of any kind) at a pre-agreed future point in time. One
party agrees to buy, the other to sell, for a forward price agreed in
advance.

In a forward transaction, no actual cash changes hands. If the transaction
is collaterised, exchange of margin will take place according to an
pre-agreed rule or schedule. Otherwise no asset of any kind actually changes
hands, until the maturity of the contract.

The forward price of such a contract is commonly contrasted with the spot
price, which is the price at which the asset changes hands(on the spot date,
usually next business day).

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Personal Finance Daily: The week's 10 best Personal Finance stories: Sept. 1-5 (Market Watch)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:25:14 GMT
In case you missed them, here are the top 10 Personal Finance stories from MarketWatch for the week of Sept. 1-5:

Citigroup: The Bad Boy of Finance (Washington Post)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:12:04 GMT
Citigroup has looked like an octopus in a minefield lately. The world's largest bank measured by revenues, Citigroup (symbol C ) is involved in every aspect of finance you could name -- and appears to have made big mistakes in most of them. The company has written off and lost $53.6 billion through the credit crunch so far, which is more than any other bank or broker.

Heat on car finance firm (The New Zealand Herald)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:53:07 GMT
A second-hand car finance firm that collapsed owing $25 million to investors is the subject of an official inquiry.

Author ready to amend article on finance panel (Gloucester Daily Times)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:22:13 GMT
ROCKPORT and mdash; The author of the only petition article appearing on the fall Town Meeting warrant says he'll amend his proposal from the podium Monday night. As written, the Article J petition, penned by Charles Francis, calls for a bylaw change in the appointment authority for the Finance Committee from selectmen to the moderator. After hearing concerns from many, including Town Moderator ...

China's sudden collapse: corruption, finance, trade, outsourcing, politics, law, society (cmi valparaíso)
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:01:37 GMT
What is really inside Chinese government and society? Is China about to go burst or rising higher? Is a runaway government corruption destroying Chinese economy and peace? What is really behind Chinese finance, politics, trade, politics and society?

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