Mr Merton has described how Osaka's Dojima rice market offered forward contracts in the 17th century and organised futures trading by the 18th century.

默顿先生曾描述过大阪的堂岛米市(Dojima rice market)如何在17世纪提供远期合约，并于18世纪组织了期货交易。

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Agreement was reached only after several days of horse-trading that caused dramatic scenes in the Capitol as Obama and his top staff urged the Senate to move the legislation forward.

这项议案是刚刚达成共识的，期间还发生了戏剧性的一幕，几天的讨价还价导致奥巴马和他的首席幕僚在国会大厦催促参议院迅速推进相关立法。

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Additionally, many traders and analysts don't forward test their trading systems and technical analysis indicators in real time.

此外，许多交易员和分析师并不在现实的情况下测试自己的交易系统和技术分析指标。

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But he will have to contend with the notion that forward trading encourages unbridled speculation and leads to inflation.

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Apple is trading at a forward (Sept 2013) PE of 12.15, while Microsoft is trading at a forward PE of 8.98 (Jun 30, 2014).

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But those involved say numerical limits are needed to really push trading forward.

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