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            • backwardation
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            • A market condition in which futures prices are lower in the distant delivery months than in the nearest delivery month. This may occur when the costs of storing the product until eventual delivery are effectively subtracted from the price today. Bloomberg.com
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            • Backwardation is not an uncommon thing, I mean, it happens every once it a while in the futures markets, HOWEVER, backwardation in monetary metals is a very rare occurrence. - Gold Speculator by
            • Investors much prefer backwardation markets. That way, they pocket money as the index funds rollover, since further-out futures are cheaper than the futures they original sold. - Investment U by
            • Holders of gold would keep selling cash gold and buying the futures until the backwardation disappeared. - GoldSeek by
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            • मंदी बदला, बदला खर्च, बैकवर्डेशन
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            • निकटस्थ सुपुर्दगी माह की तुलना में दूरवर्ती सुपुर्दगी माहों में वायदा कीमतों में कमी की स्थिति Own research - by Lalit Sati
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            • आम तौर पर फ्यूचर मूल्य, स्पाट मूल्य से अधिक होता है । अपवाद रूप से जब कभी फ्यूचर मूल्य, स्पाट मूल्य से कम होता है तो इसको बैकवर्डेशन कहते हैं । ऐसा कृषि उत्पादों के मामले में अक्सर होता है जब भावी तारीखों में फसल की आमद के कारण भावी मूल्य चालू स्पाट मूल्य से कम होता है । - http://www.iffco.nic.in/ by Lalit Sati
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