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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONTANGO

Apparently an arbitrary coinage based on continue.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTANGO

contango  [kənˈtæŋɡəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTANGO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contango is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb contango in English.

WHAT DOES CONTANGO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Contango

Contango is a situation where the futures price of a commodity is higher than the expected spot price. In a contango situation, hedgers or arbitrageurs/speculators, are "willing to pay more for a commodity at some point in the future than the actual expected price of the commodity. This may be due to people's desire to pay a premium to have the commodity in the future rather than paying the costs of storage and carry costs of buying the commodity today." The opposite market condition to contango is known as normal backwardation. "A market is "in backwardation" when the futures price is below the expected future spot price for a particular commodity. This is favorable for investors who have long positions since they want the futures price to rise." The Commission of the European Communities described backwardation and contango in relation to futures prices: "The futures price may be either higher or lower than the spot price. When the spot price is higher than the futures price, the market is said to be in backwardation. It is often called "normal backwardation" as the futures buyer is rewarded for risk he takes off the producer.

Definition of contango in the English dictionary

The definition of contango in the dictionary is postponement of payment for and delivery of stock from one account day to the next. Other definition of contango is to arrange such a postponement of payment.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONTANGO

PRESENT

Present
I contango
you contango
he/she/it contangoes
we contango
you contango
they contango
Present continuous
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
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
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I contangoed
you contangoed
he/she/it contangoed
we contangoed
you contangoed
they 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
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
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will contango
you will contango
he/she/it will contango
we will contango
you will contango
they will contango
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
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 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
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would contango
you would contango
he/she/it would contango
we would contango
you would contango
they would contango
Conditional continuous
I would be contangoing
you would be contangoing
he/she/it would be contangoing
we would be contangoing
you would be contangoing
they would be contangoing
Conditional perfect
I would have contango
you would have contango
he/she/it would have contango
we would have contango
you would have contango
they would have contango
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been contangoing
you would have been contangoing
he/she/it would have been contangoing
we would have been contangoing
you would have been contangoing
they would have been contangoing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you contango
we let´s contango
you contango
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to contango
Past participle
contangoed
Present Participle
contangoing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTANGO


bingo
ˈbɪŋɡəʊ
bongo
ˈbɒŋɡəʊ
charango
tʃəˈræŋɡəʊ
Cipango
sɪˈpæŋɡəʊ
Congo
ˈkɒŋɡəʊ
dingo
ˈdɪŋɡəʊ
Durango
djʊˈræŋɡəʊ
fandango
fænˈdæŋɡəʊ
fango
ˈfæŋɡəʊ
flamingo
fləˈmɪŋɡəʊ
gringo
ˈɡrɪŋɡəʊ
Kongo
ˈkɒŋɡəʊ
lingo
ˈlɪŋɡəʊ
Mandingo
mænˈdɪŋɡəʊ
mango
ˈmæŋɡəʊ
Marengo
məˈrɛŋɡəʊ
pongo
ˈpɒŋɡəʊ
quango
ˈkwæŋɡəʊ
Shango
ˈʃæŋɡəʊ
tango
ˈtæŋɡəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTANGO

container line
container port
container ship
container terminal
container transport
containerboard
containerisation
containerise
containerization
containerize
containerless
containment
contaminable
contaminant
contaminate
contaminated
contamination
contaminative
contaminator
contd

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTANGO

Belgian Congo
camerlengo
Chilpancingo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Domingo
drongo
fungo
guango
ingo
mongo
mungo
Okavango
Okovango
Pango Pango
pingo
Republic of Congo
Santo Domingo
stingo
the Democratic Republic of Congo
Victoria de Durango

Synonyms and antonyms of contango in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contango» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTANGO

Find out the translation of contango to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contango from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contango» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

升水
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contango
570 millions of speakers

English

contango
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कंटंगा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التأجيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

контанго
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contango
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কন্ট্যাঙ্গো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

report
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Contango
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Contango
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

繰り延べ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

증권 결제 유예
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contango
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suất bách phân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இழுத்தடிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कँमेन्गो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contango
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

contango
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

контанго
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contango
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

contango
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

contango
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

contango
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Contango
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contango

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTANGO»

The term «contango» is regularly used and occupies the 106.122 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTANGO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «contango» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «contango» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contango

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTANGO»

Discover the use of contango in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contango and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Futures Markets: Made Easy with 250 Questions and Answers
There is a fundamental difference between the concepts of Backwardation and Contango on one hand, and Normal Backwardation and Normal Contango on the other. The terms backwardation and contango are used to describe the ...
Sunil Parameswaran, 2006
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Derivatives Handbook: Risk Management and Control
How predictable were the contango markets that occurred in 1993? The monthly rollover gain and loss frequencies reported in Table 20.2 suggest that the probability of a string of contango months occurring in the particular months in which ...
Robert J. Schwartz, Clifford W. Smith, 1997
3
Contango
Contango tells how one chance event affects nine different lives and begins with a murder in the Far East. James Hilton published this collection of connected stories.
James Hilton, 2012
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A Handbook of Primary Commodities in the Global Economy
Commodity investments The relationship between the spot and futures prices ( contango and backwardation, respectively) provides considerable scope for rewarding commodity investments by the financial community. It is appropriate ...
Marian Radetzki, 2008
5
Derivatives
Change of an initial contango into a backwardation has been treated as decrease in contango, and likewise change of initial backwardation into contango has been treated as decrease in backwardation. Table A4.10 presents the findings on ...
Somanathan, 1998
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Trader Vic on Commodities: What's Unknown, Misunderstood, ...
TABLE 9. l Backwardation and Contango in Crude Oil West Texas Crude Spota Futures Pricesh Trend Spot Month Backwardation/Contango Spot on 2/12 $11.89 Spot on 3/12 $14.49 Spot on 4/14 $16.47 Spot on 5/14 $18.04 Spot on 6/14 ...
Victor Sperandeo, 2008
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Trading ETFs: Gaining an Edge with Technical Analysis
The Hazards of Contango An inherent performance issue that is problematic for a buy and hold commodity ETF strategy is directly a result of something known in futures trading as contango. Contango is a condition that exists in the futures ...
Deron Wagner, 2011
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Managing Your Investment Portfolio For Dummies
'\P Contango and backwardation (subjects that I discuss in detail in Chapter 5 as part of my introduction to investing in commodities) can have a huge effect on returns from the commodity futures markets. Many such markets coast along within ...
David Stevenson, 2013
9
China Play Stocks
The contango effect can be even more dramatic when the commodity fund in question becomes big in size relative to the size of the futures markets for that commodity. This happened for natural gas in 2009 when the price of natural gas rose ...
VC Ramesh
10
Derivatives
Contango is a term used in the futures market to describe an upward sloping forward curve (as in the normal yield curve). Such a forward curve is said to be ”in contango” (or sometimes ”contangoed”). Formally, it is the situation where, and the ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTANGO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contango is used in the context of the following news items.
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Contango Income Generator to raise $100M through IPO
Contango Income Generator seeks to invest in stocks outside of the ASX Top 30 to provide shareholders with a sustainable income stream of ... «Proactive Investors Australia, Jul 15»
2
Germany's long goodbye to coal dashes power price rise prospect
The mild contango, which is hedgers' term for a premium on a commodity at a future point, shows little expectation that overcapacity will ... «Reuters UK, Jul 15»
3
Legacy Reserves LP enters into agreements to purchase East Texas …
These high-quality assets combined with the upside optionality of recompletions and a contango gas-curve make this a very attractive ... «OilOnline, Jul 15»
4
Brent-Dubai crude spread drops to narrowest in 5 years
September-October spread moved close to parity at 7 cents in contango, 16 cents narrower than Tuesday. (This article was published on July 8, ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
5
Analyst Price Target Update on Contango Oil & Gas Company
Contango Oil & Gas Company (NYSEMKT:MCF): According to 3 Analysts, The short term target price has been estimated at $ 23.The target ... «American Trade Journal, Jul 15»
6
Watch List: MiMedx Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDXG), Star Bulk Carriers …
Contango Oil & Gas Company (NYSEMKT:MCF) shares increased 1.40% in last trading session and ended the day at $12.27. MCF Gross ... «Stock Transcript, Jul 15»
7
Contango launches new LIC
The company announced that it had taken a cornerstone position in the new LIC product — the Contango Income Generator Limited (ASX ... «Money Management, Jun 15»
8
Contango Oil & Gas Company Price Target Update
Contango Oil & Gas Company (NYSEMKT:MCF): 3 analysts have set the short term price target of Contango Oil & Gas Company ... «American Trade Journal, Jun 15»
9
What is Contango?
When it comes to commodity investing and trading, contango is a dirty word; it has the ability to destroy value in an underlying position with the ... «CommodityHQ.com, Jun 15»
10
Short Interest in Contango Oil & Gas Company Increases By 14.6 …
Contango Oil & Gas Company logo Contango Oil & Gas Company (NYSE:MCF) saw a large increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, ... «Dakota Financial News, Jun 15»

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