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Speculators and the Futures Market

Jun 15, 2016

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Next we take a look at the role of speculators in the futures market. I spoke with Neil Blue, provincial crop market analyst with Alberta Agriculture to find out more. First off Neil, we hear that commodity futures are a leveraged instrument. What does that mean?

Interview with Neil Blue (3:22 minutes) (1.54 Mb)

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