Blog: Why we need water futures
Investors will be able to make wagers on the price of water later this year with the launch of futures contracts, which are expected to better balance supply and demand for the commodity and hedge price risks. … The index, itself, sets a weekly spot rate price of water rights in California, the majority of which are owned and managed by water districts that deliver water to individual farms…
Related articles:
- The Food Institute: Blog: First-ever water futures will hedge price risk
- Barron’s: Investors can trade all kinds of commodities. That now includes water