Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.