Understanding Futures Markets
Now in its sixth edition,Understanding Futures Marketsby Robert Kolb (University of Colorado) and James Overdahl (Chief Economist of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission) provides the most comprehensive coverage of futures markets available. This new edition features updated and enhanced discussions on:event markets, proposition markets, weather futures, and macro futuresglobalization of futures marketselectronic trading platforms and the rise of electronic tradingmanipulation of futures markets and methods of deterrenceThe Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 and its effect on market regulationhedging in a corporate environmentuses of futures by government entitiesenergy futures productsrecent fiascos involving energy futures and related derivativessingle stock futures products and narrow-based stock index futuresaccounting and taxation features of futures markets.Clearly written and accessible, this is the authoritative text for students and practitioners alike looking for an in-depth treatment of futures markets.This new edition ofUnderstanding Futures Marketsis supported by online lecturer resources available at www.blackwellpublishing.com/ufm.