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Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold and Silver Juniors, Mid-tiers and Producers

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To: tyc:> who wrote (21187)9/16/2006 4:17:39 PM
From: John McCarthy  Read Replies (1) of 78408
 
tyke

I can't - over my head .....

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>>• The commodity futures contango is causing losses now to traders intent on rolling contracts (longs) forward. Try to understand the contango - backwardation implications of futures markets
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I did NOT understand nor ever heard of the word contango
until RIGHT NOW.

google says it means (which you and Koan probably already
know)

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contango
Definition

A condition in which distant delivery prices for futures exceed spot prices, often due to the costs of storing and insuring the underlying commodity. opposite of backwardation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

investorwords.com

and backwardation

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backwardation
Definition

A market condition in which a futures price is lower in the distant delivery months than in the near delivery months.
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investorwords.com

If I go back to the original statement and replace
with definitions

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>>• The commodity futures [[distant delivery prices for futures exceed spot prices]] is causing losses now to traders intent on rolling contracts (longs) forward.

Try to understand the [[distant delivery prices for futures exceed spot prices]] - [[futures price is lower in the distant delivery months implications]] of futures markets
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Sorry I could not give you something more understandable
and concrete ...

I am still on sister-in-law duty and may not be able
to get to SI until tomorrow.

regards,
John
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