Sep 28, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

ECON 4440 - Futures Markets


Contracts, trading, institutions, and strategies, including hedging and speculation.

Requisites: ECON 3600 or FIN 3270
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
  • Learn the history, customs, rules, powers, and self-regulation of the major world futures exchanges.
  • Understand the relationship between futures markets, cash markets, and the economy.
  • Learn techniques and reasoning behind futures markets traders and speculators.


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