Long-term forward contracts

Long-term forward contracts

Contracts that state exchange rate at which a specified amount of a particular currency can be exchanged at a future date (more than one year from today).
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Long-Term Forward Contract

A non-standardized, over-the-counter agreement in which one party agrees to buy a certain asset from the other at a certain price, at a certain time more than one year in the future. Because there is little secondary market for any forward contract, long-term forward contracts are zero-sum games; one party will win and the other will lose.
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