Eugene Kunda
Visiting Assistant Director
E-mail: kunda@illinois.edu
Phone: (217) 333-1427
Office
for Futures and Options Research
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
341 Mumford Hall
1301 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801 Fax:
(217) 333-5538
Basis=
cash price - futures price
The conventional formula
for calculating the basis.
The Office
for Futures and Options Research (OFOR) promotes and enhances
scholarly research and learning of futures, options, and derivative
markets. The Office bridges the teaching and research
programs in the Department
of Agricultural and Consumer Economics
and the Department
of Finance. OFOR seeks faculty scholars and highly qualified
students interested in research and learning of futures and
options markets by providing opportunities for the dissemination
of information through many written and verbal outlets, classroom
instruction, and various education programs.