Agricultural Economics Department

 

Date of this Version

11-3-2021

Citation

Cornhusker Economics, November 3, 2021

https://agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics

Comments

Copyright 2021 University of Nebraska.

Abstract

Last month there was an article in the local newspaper about a man accused of defrauding commodity investors for several years in Nebraska. This person is a commodity pool operator (CPO), who is an individual or organization that operates a commodity pool and solicits funds for that pool. A commodity pool is an enterprise in which funds contributed by a number of clients are combined for the purpose of trading futures contracts, options contracts, among other types of financial products. Generally speaking, a CPO manages an investment fund focused on commodity products.

Share

COinS