Talk:Forward contract
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[edit] Merger
The forward price is also relevant in other financial instruments than forward contracts. Therefore I suggest to keep it separately. --193.108.157.68 13:32, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
I agree
I find it appropriate to have a link to a "forward price" page from within pages dedicated to various financial instruments or financial/quantitative valuation models. It could be confusing to have to read a page dedicated to "forward contracts" if one is only looking for information on the concept and uses of forward prices.
-- It would be helpful if it were made explicit how a forward differs from a future. LeoTrottier 00:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC) --
It has been up for merger for about a year now. The general discussion has leaned towards keeping them seperate, so I am going to just go ahead and remove the tags. -Warhorus 07:16, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
With absolutely no intention to offend any person, let me just make a point that the article here is an absolute cracker for a layman like me who wishes to understand trading and its terms of usage. I believe the structuring as well as the mathematical interpretations in this article need to be jargon busted and elaborated appropriately for better understanding. I appreciate the explanations given through illustrations about "Bob" the house buyer. Similar wording and simplicity would be much more appreciated. Just a thought. --Theruvath Prasanth Mathew 06:08, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
I made some changes to the generalized pricing formula that I think are easier to understand, somebody verify that its correct. I'm not good at the wiki format so some help would be nice making it look good. Thanks.
