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The Use of Futures in the Protection in Financial Market

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  • Grubisic, Zoran
  • Vukovic, Darko
  • Brankovic, Boban

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The financial derivatives are derived securities base their value from assets located in their basis. These are liquid contracts whose value depends directly on the value of the assets in their basis. Futures are among the derivates because they create to another, the basic financial assets. Futures is one of risk protection instruments - hedging. Hedging is a transaction which reduces or eliminates the risk present in the business derived in securities. The risk is transferred from those who are willing to pay to avoid it to those who want to take a risk in the hope of profit. Most frequently are used hedging futures strategies and long-term interest rate futures and hedging strategies stock market indexes.

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  • Grubisic, Zoran & Vukovic, Darko & Brankovic, Boban, 2012. "The Use of Futures in the Protection in Financial Market," Ekonomika, Journal for Economic Theory and Practice and Social Issues, Society of Economists Ekonomika, Nis, Serbia, vol. 58(1), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:sereko:288618
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.288618
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