contango
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Related to contango: Backwardation
con·tan·go
(kən-tăng′gō)n.
A state in which the price of a futures contract is higher than the eventual or expected spot price of the underlying commodity or security.
[Probably alteration of 19th-century stock-exchange jargon continuation, the carrying over of an account until the next designated date of settlement.]
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contango
(kənˈtæŋɡəʊ)n, pl -gos
1. (Stock Exchange) (formerly, on the London Stock Exchange) postponement of payment for and delivery of stock from one account day to the next
2. (Stock Exchange) Also called: carry-over or continuation the fee paid for such a postponement. Compare backwardation
vb, -goes, -going or -goed
(Stock Exchange) (tr) to arrange such a postponement of payment (for): my brokers will contango these shares.
[C19: apparently an arbitrary coinage based on continue]
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contango
Past participle: contangoed
Gerund: contangoing
| Imperative |
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| contango |
| contango |
| Present |
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| I contango |
| you contango |
| he/she/it contangoes |
| we contango |
| you contango |
| they contango |
| Preterite |
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| I contangoed |
| you contangoed |
| he/she/it contangoed |
| we contangoed |
| you contangoed |
| they contangoed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am contangoing |
| you are contangoing |
| he/she/it is contangoing |
| we are contangoing |
| you are contangoing |
| they are contangoing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have contangoed |
| you have contangoed |
| he/she/it has contangoed |
| we have contangoed |
| you have contangoed |
| they have contangoed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was contangoing |
| you were contangoing |
| he/she/it was contangoing |
| we were contangoing |
| you were contangoing |
| they were contangoing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had contangoed |
| you had contangoed |
| he/she/it had contangoed |
| we had contangoed |
| you had contangoed |
| they had contangoed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will contango |
| you will contango |
| he/she/it will contango |
| we will contango |
| you will contango |
| they will contango |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have contangoed |
| you will have contangoed |
| he/she/it will have contangoed |
| we will have contangoed |
| you will have contangoed |
| they will have contangoed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be contangoing |
| you will be contangoing |
| he/she/it will be contangoing |
| we will be contangoing |
| you will be contangoing |
| they will be contangoing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been contangoing |
| you have been contangoing |
| he/she/it has been contangoing |
| we have been contangoing |
| you have been contangoing |
| they have been contangoing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been contangoing |
| you will have been contangoing |
| he/she/it will have been contangoing |
| we will have been contangoing |
| you will have been contangoing |
| they will have been contangoing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been contangoing |
| you had been contangoing |
| he/she/it had been contangoing |
| we had been contangoing |
| you had been contangoing |
| they had been contangoing |
| Conditional |
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| I would contango |
| you would contango |
| he/she/it would contango |
| we would contango |
| you would contango |
| they would contango |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have contangoed |
| you would have contangoed |
| he/she/it would have contangoed |
| we would have contangoed |
| you would have contangoed |
| they would have contangoed |
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Translations
contango
n (Fin) → Report m
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