Talk:Futures exchange
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[edit] Historical accuracy
Futures exchanges, or organizations trading contracts serving essentially the same purpose, existed before the dates given. There were active exchanges for example in Britain for cotton, in Germany and France for coffee and for grain in Buffalo New York. I added a link of futures clearinghouses providing sources. As these sources are secondary and I do not know whether secondary sources are accepted by this community, I have not revised the text.
A rice exchange in Japan was active as early as the 17th century. Dojima Exchange
The date given for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is incorrect. In 1898 it was named the Butter and Egg Exchange becoming the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1919. see CME To my knowledge, that exchange was never named the Chicago Produce Exchange. -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.178.158.220 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 9 July 2005.
[edit] AMENX is fake
AMENX is a fake exchange. -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.173.150.189 (talk • contribs) 03:46, 1 April 2006.
[edit] Cleanup Help!
This page needs major work to become readable/understandable. Let's try finding some expertz... -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.205.131.255 (talk • contribs) 01:21, 18 October 2006.
- Article needs attention indeed. It needs reorganization, a decent explanation of the concept and a bit of dejargonification. --Lendorien 16:21, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
