forward dealing

forward dealing Dealing in commodities, securities, currencies, freight, etc., for delivery at some future date at a price agreed at the time the contract (called a forward contract) is made. This form of trading enables dealers and manufacturers to cover their future requirements by hedging their more immediate purchases (seehedge). Strictly, a forward contract differs from a futures contract in that the former cannot be closed out by a matching transaction, whereas a futures contract can be, and often is. However, this distinction is not always adhered to and the terms are sometimes used synonymously.

• market testing
• market timing
• market-to-book ratio
• market value
• market–product strategy
• marking to market
• marking to model
• markka
• Markowitz model
• mark-up
• Maslow’s motivational hierarchy
• mass customization
• mass marketing
• mass media
• mass production
• mass service technology
• master
• master production schedule
• matched bargain
• matched sale–purchase agreement
• material adverse change
• material fact
• material requirements planning
• materials cost
• materials management