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S&P 500 Futures Going into Backwardation, from Steve Ellison
March 19, 2008 |
Settlement prices 2008/03/19:
For at least a year out, futures contracts are now "carrying themselves", as Philip L. Carret described stocks whose dividend yields were higher than interest rates on loans.
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[…] Since im in ‘thinking about strategy’ stage, a small post (http://www.dailyspeculations.com/wordpress/?p=2788) caught my attention.. are there (sounds possible) stocks in the US who’s dividend yield is greater than the current interest rate? Feels like a basic theory that traders would try, investors be damned, and equity market allowing. […]
One way to play the next cycle in interest rates might be a Sep/Dec SP futures spread — any thoughts?