Futures are financial contracts obligating the buyer to purchase an asset or the seller to sell an asset at a predetermined ...

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open Monday with the traditional Santa Claus Rally period starting midweek. Nasdaq 100 futures (US100:IND) advanced +0.75%. S&P 500 futures (SPX) rose +0.52% ...

Investors can use a variety of stock market instruments to profit from speculation on future asset movements. An index futures contract is a financial instrument that you can use to speculate on the ...

Robinhood is aiming to shake up futures trading and index options with the launch of a new suite of tools for active traders, free to account holders. The firm – which earlier this year sparked ...

Stock futures rose across the board in the U.S. as the tech-led rally continued into the holiday-shortened trading week.

This is part 2 of a multi-part series where we deep dive into the nuances of Index Returns. This paper will provide an overview of the mechanisms of equity futures, the purpose of the equity index ...

US stocks rise today as traders await the CPI forecast, with tech stocks rebounding and US indices showing cautious strength ...

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This article was written by David Mullen, Product Manager for Core Fixed-Income Analytics, and Fateen Sharaby, Business Manager for Index-Linked Products at Bloomberg. Credit futures, which started ...

The floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News) President Trump’s tariff plans are much more severe than many traders feared, driving a steep selloff in evening ...

Index futures, also referred to as stock index futures or equity index futures, are futures contracts where the buyer and seller agree to buy or sell a stock index at a future price and date. Index ...