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    Using Serial (Odd) Month Live Cattle Futures Contracts

    Matthew Diersen (April, 2003)
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    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) recently introduced serial futures contracts for live cattle. Essentially, this means contracts will be available for each month of the year. An obvious benefit of the additional contracts is a potential reduction in basis risk. In this paper, serial contracts are examined to determine their usefulness to hedgers. Then, basis levels and risk are examined.

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    		 South Dakota State University Extension
    Publisher
    		 South Dakota State University
    Published
    		 April, 2003
    Material Type
    		 Written Material

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    1. Marketing
    2. Commodity Marketing
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