Housing Fact Card
Mon Jul 25 20:44:00 CDT 2011 CT
Related Keywords: Real Estate, Product Information

S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price (CSI) Indices futures and options are the first comprehensive financial tools that make it possible to manage U.S. housing risk. These products provide opportunities for protection or profit in up or down markets, and extend to the housing industry the same tools for risk management and investment that previous CME Group innovations have brought to agriculture and finance. This fact card will give you a quick snapshot of who uses these contracts and why, plus the contract specifications you need to know to begin trading.