financial futures

plural noun

1. futures in a stock-exchange index, currency exchange rate, or interest rate enabling banks, building societies, brokers, and speculators to hedge their involvement in these markets

Example Sentences

Still, PredictIt took off in the U.S. during the madcap 2016 election and encouraged wider interest in trading financial futures representing real-life politics—even though the platform, like so many other polls, got its presidential victor quite wrong.

From Slate

Confidence deteriorated in April for the third straight month as Americans fret about their short-term financial futures with prices and interest rates still elevated.

From Seattle Times

At the same time, there is no indication that the wheat market is vulnerable to excessive volatility from the related financial futures market, which can often emerge in commodity markets in response to increased uncertainty regarding future production capacity.

From Science Daily

The rules were drawn up to keep teams from overspending and risking their financial futures to maintain their places in the Premier League, one of the world’s richest domestic sporting competitions.

From New York Times

Household expenses continue to rise and many Americans are expressing concern about their financial futures, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

From Seattle Times