The Malliaris, Anastasios G. editor Ziemba, W. T. editor nju 2016 eng xxxii, 811 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Preface and acknowledgments -- About the editors -- About the contributors -- Introduction -- Introduction / Anastasios G. Malliaris and William T. Ziemba -- Classical contributions -- Proof that properly anticipated prices fluctuate randomly / Paul A. Samuelson -- The variation of certain speculative prices / Benoit Mandelbrot -- Commodity futures prices : some evidence on forecast power, premiums -- And the theory of storage / Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French -- Volume and volatility in foreign currency futures markets / Ramaprasad Bhar and A. G. Malliaris -- The strategic and tactical value of commodity futures / Claude B. Erb and Campbell R. Harvey -- Institutions: new invited papers -- Central counterparty clearing and systemic risk regulation / Robert S. Steigerwald -- The fast track to the futures : technological innovation, market -- Microstructure, market participants, and the regulation of high-frequency trading / Barbara J. Mack -- Established markets: invited contributions -- Agricultural futures markets / Paul E. Peterson and Jin Wook Choi -- World metal markets / Raj Aggarwal, Brian Lucey, and Fergal O'Connor -- Interest rate futures : elements of a successful financial innovation / Bluford H. Putnam -- Currency futures / Tim Weithers -- Energy futures markets / Betty Simkins and Yuecheng Jia -- New markets : invited contributions -- Volatility as an asset class / Tom Nohel and Steven K. Todd -- Housing futures markets / Jin Wook Choi and Jin Man Lee -- Freight futures markets / Fotis Giannakoulis, Nikos Gavriilidis -- And nikolas arachovas -- Modeling the dynamics of temperature with a view to weather derivatives / Eirini Konstantinidi, Gkaren Papazian and George Skiadopoulos -- Electricity futures / Paolo Falbo, Daniele Felletti and Silvana Stefani -- Climate futures contracts / Rita l. D'Ecclesia -- The european sovereign debt crisis and the role of credit swaps / Eleftherios I. Thalassinos, Theodoros Stamatopoulos and Pantelis E. Thalassinos -- Advanced topics: invited papers -- Returns from investing in S&P500 futures options, 1985-2010 / Alexandre Ziegler and William T. Ziemba -- How to lose money in derivatives : examples from hedge funds and bank trading departments / Sebastien Lleo and William T. Ziemba -- Nominal gdp futures contract targeting / W. William Woolsey and Scott Sumner -- The ethics of financial speculation in futures markets / Ingo Pies, Matthias Georg Will, Thomas Glauben, and Soeren Prehn. editors, Anastasios G Malliaris (Loyola University Chicago, USA), William T. Ziemba (University of British Columbia, Canada). Includes bibliographical references and index. Futures market Futures HG6024.A3 9789814566919 (hbk.) 9814566918 (hbk.) 2015000732 DLC 150205 20230520045255.0 18481214 eng eng