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- From: McAldon International Inc. <mcaldon@igc.apc.org>
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Date: 01 Jan 93 16:00 PST
- Subject: Re: Trading Places
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- |Could anyone explain to me what the strategy was for
- |Eddie Murphy and Dan Ackroid(?) in "Trading Places"?
- |I've watched the show twice but don't get the investment
- |strategy -- how did they profit from the price of OJ
- |going down? Were they shorting?
- |Michelle
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- In the futures market you can either buy or sell, at will. Typically,
- the speculator does not intend to take delivery when buying, or make
- delivery when selling. Folks who do take delivery of a commodity, or
- deliver it at the designated time, are usually those who are using the
- futures market to hedge the price of whatever they are growing, mining,
- or using in manufacturing. Once in a while somebody takes delivery of
- a commodity because the price went against expectations and the speculator
- expects things to change. You can find warehouses available in major
- trading centers to store stuff like this. DMcKenzie
- PS: I think it's Ackroyd.
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