What is a 'Commodity Futures Contract'. A commodity futures contract is an agreement to buy or sell a predetermined amount of a commodity at a specific price on a specific date in the future. Buyers use such contracts to avoid the risks associated with the price fluctuations of a futures' underlying product or raw material.
The official cause of J. Edgar Hoover's death is listed as a heart attack. The news reports the day after his death had indicated his death was due to the effects of high blooâ¦d pressure. No autopsy was performed, which has led to speculation that other factors may have caused his death, including poisoning.
Hemingway died by his own hand, in the foyer of his Ketchum home in July 1961. He suffered both mentally and physically as he grew older, and it is believed that writing became a burden for the once-prolific author. Hemingway, said to write as a quest for personal understanding, seemed to have lost track of himself.