Eugene Kunda
Visiting Assistant Director
E-mail: kunda@uiuc.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.