Introduction to Commodities and Commodity Derivatives — Flashcards

Introduction to Commodities and Commodity Derivatives CFA Flashcards - Medical Study Cards

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Introduction to Commodities and Commodity Derivatives Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards

Flashcard 1: What is contango market?

Answer: - futures > spots - calendar spread is negative - basis is negative

Flashcard 2: According to theory of storage, markets are in backwardation when?

Answer: costs of storage \< benefits of holding physical inventory

Flashcard 3: According to theory of storage, markets are in contango when?

Answer: costs of storage > benefits of holding physical inventory

Flashcard 4: What is the Hedging pressure hypothesis of term structure for commodity markets?

Answer: - adds the hedging behavior of commodity consumers to the Insurance Theory - when producers' hedging behavior dominates, the market will be in backwardation - when users' hedging bahavior dominates, the market is in contango

Flashcard 5: What is a commodity volatility swap?

Answer: buyer receives payment if the volatility of the commodity's price is higher than the expected level of volatility specified in the swap

Flashcard 6: What is the theory of storage for term structure of commodity futures?

Answer: - whether a futures market is in backwardation/contango depends on the relationship between the costs of storing the commodity for future use and the benefits of holding physical inventory of the commodity

Flashcard 7: What factors are swaps created for payments based on?

Answer: - excess returns on a commodity - the total return on the commodity - measure of price volatility

Flashcard 8: Shortcomings of the hedging pressure hypothesis?

Answer: - producers face more concentrated price risk than consumers - both producers and consumers may be speculators in the market, not just hedgers - hedging pressure isn't observable (cannot directly test that relative heding pressure is the cause of backwardation and contango)

Flashcard 9: roll return =

Answer: (price of expiring futures contract - price of new futures contract) / (price of expiring futures contract)

Flashcard 10: What are the three components of the total return on a fully collateralized long futures position?

Answer: 1. collateral return 2. price return (spot yield) 3. roll return

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Spot and futures prices in contango and backwardation

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Theories of commodity futures returns

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Roll return in contango vs backwardation

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