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.
President John F. Kennedy died on Friday November 22, 1963 at the  age of 46.   He was assassinated by a sniper at 12:30pm that day and pronounced  officially dead at 1pâ¦m.   On Friday, November 22, 1963, thirty-fifth U.S. President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, at 12:30 p.m.