- contango
- contango 1853, a stockbroker's invention, perhaps somehow derived from CONTINUE (Cf. continue), or from Sp. contengo "I contain, refrain, restrain, check." As a verb, from 1900.
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Contango — beschreibt eine Preissituation bei Warentermingeschäften, bei der der aktuelle Marktpreis für Rohstoffe niedriger ist als der Terminpreis (Liefertermin in der Zukunft). Lagerkosten – die Gesamtkosten der Lagerung eines Rohstoffs, von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Contango — Con*tan go (k[o^]n*t[a^][ng] g[ o]), n.; pl. {Contangoes}. [Prob. a corruption of contingent.] 1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Contango — Contango, in London soviel wie Report (s.d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Contango — The graph depicts how the price of a single forward contract will behave through time in relation to the expected future price at any point time. A contract in contango will decrease in value until it equals the spot price of the underlying at… … Wikipedia
Contango — A market condition in which futures prices are higher in the distant delivery months. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * contango con‧tan‧go [kənˈtæŋgəʊ ǁ goʊ] noun [uncountable] FINANCE a situation in which the price for Commodities (=… … Financial and business terms
contango — A market condition in which futures prices are higher in the distant delivery months. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary A term used in the futures markets to describe the situation when the spot or nearby prices (cash prices) are lower than longer… … Financial and business terms
contango — noun a) The situation in a futures market where prices for future delivery are higher than prices for immediate (or nearer) delivery. 2005: most of these other commodities are generally in contango mdash; Futures Industry Magazine [ … Wiktionary
contango — Derecho. Término utilizado para definir la diferencia entre el precio de un contrato de futuros y el precio de contado. Lo normal es que el contango sea positivo, pues el precio de futuros excede al de contado. El contango disminuye según se… … Diccionario de Economía Alkona
contango — Derecho. Término utilizado para definir la diferencia entre el precio de un contrato de futuros y el precio de contado. Lo normal es que el contango sea positivo, pues el precio de futuros excede al de contado. El contango disminuye según se… … Diccionario de Economía
contango — /kontseggow/ A double bargain, consisting of a sale for cash of stock previously bought which the broker does not wish to carry, and a repurchase for the re settlement several weeks ahead of the same stock at the same price as at the sale plus… … Black's law dictionary
