This means that you are selling someone else the right to buy it at a stated strike price on or before a future date.

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Futures are contracts to buy or sell a given amount of an item, in this case gold, on a particular date in the future.

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According to Audit Integrity, there is a strong correlation between poor scores on its tests and the likelihood of accounting or other irregularities cropping up at a future date.

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Additionally, no word on whether or not it will be made available at a future date for non-preorders.

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After their relationship ended, she felt compelled to go on the Internet and post a warning to other women who may date him in the future.

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The original assessment, according to Prof Harmer, was highly critical of the lack of detail on secondary care but when told by Betsi Cadwaladr's chief executive that those proposals would be drawn up at a future date he said the forum had decided to redraft its evaluation accordingly.

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