Agricultural Futures and Options (AH)

3 credits · Undergraduate

The course begins with an introduction to agricultural futures markets. This leads into a study of fundamental and technical analyses of futures markets. This part of the course concludes with a consideration of price risk management using futures markets. Following is an introduction to options markets and price risk management using options. The course concludes with a topic of importance when exporting or importing agricultural commodities internationally: managing exchange-rate risk using futures and options. PREREQUISITES: ECOA 1000.03 FORMATS: Lecture | Online Delivery