This video covers the following learning objectives:
1. To Provide a background on financial futures contracts
2. To Explain how interest rate futures contracts are used to speculate or hedge based on anticipated interest rate movements
3. To Explain how stock index futures contracts are used to speculate or hedge based on anticipated stock price movements
4. To Describe the different types of risk to which traders in financial futures contracts are exposed
5. To Describe the international aspects of financial futures trading