Futurize

[Baker, John]

Unfamiliar to me, and expressly discussed in the linked source as a neologism.  It is, however, of a piece with other financial terms, such as commoditize, securitize, and monetize.  No sign as yet of swapize or financial derivatize, although the latter is used in mathematics and chemistry.


John Baker



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Subject: Futurize

Seen in a financial industry newsletter this morning:

"Futurize": verb, to take a derivative product and trade it as a future

Said by CFTC Commissioner Scott O'Malia while delivering the keynote at
TabbFORUM's annual Fixed Income event Wednesday in New York

http://tabbforum.com/opinions/commissioner-o'malia-on-derivatives-reform-assessing-and-improving-the-change?utm_source=TabbFORUM+Alerts&utm_campaign=c4b1f47227-UA-12160392-1&utm_medium=email

This is not the more common "bring into the future" usage, but a specific
change happening in the financial markets for derivatives, which are being
pushed by current regulation to change from over-the-counter to being
traded on an exchange, like a financial future.

DanG

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