Katrina Ávila Munichiello is an experienced editor, writer, fact-checker, and proofreader with more than fourteen years of experience working with print and online publications. Learn about our ...

A contract for difference, or CFD, is an agreement between a buyer and seller that is based on the price of a stock or other financial asset at a certain time in the future. If the price of the ...

A Contract for Differences (CFD) allows traders to profit from price movements without owning the underlying asset. In a CFD, the investor and broker exchange the difference in asset value from ...

Electricity exchanged in competitive markets has high price volatility, unparallelled among traded commodities 1. Variable and inelastic demand, inflexible supply, limited storage and other factors 2 ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, economics, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) and has ...