The first is that it's mainly speculation - that investors, looking for high returns at a time of low interest rates, have piled into commodity futures, driving up prices.

第一种观点指出上涨的原因主要是投资者为了追求更高的利润，在银行利率走低的时候囤积商品而造成的投机行为。

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Traders can trade away the underlying interest rate risks by hedging in the interest rate futures market.

债券交易商可以在利率期货市场上(interest rate futures market)通过对冲(hedging)规避利率风险。

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Futures markets are already pricing in a slight loosening of the dollar peg-though the UAE's central bank sought to quell speculation on November 22nd by cutting short-term interest rates.

期货市场的定价已经开始疏远美元了。阿联酋为了抑制投机在11月22日下调短期利率。

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New York Portfolio Clearing which is a startup clearing house co-owned by NYSE Euronext, has gained approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to clear interest rate futures in the United States.

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He said the current net-long position is roughly 43% of the total open interest in futures.

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Interest rate futures have taken nearly three rate cuts (0.68%) out of their 2007 Fed expectations.

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