Turtles, tails, and stereos: Arbitrage and the design of futures spread trading strategies

Journal of Derivatives

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-87

  Poitras, Geoffrey ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0010120941     PISSN: 10741240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3905/jod.1997.407992     Document Type: Article

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