Cash and carry - An arbitrage transaction applied on a futures market where the cash or spot price of for example, a commodity is less than the futures contract price.Under these circumstances a purchase of the cash commodity with borrowed money and the simultaneous sale of the futures contract can provide a profit.
Cash and carry : an arbitrage transaction applied on a futures market where the cash or spot price of for example, a commodity is less than the futures contract price.under these circumstances a purchase of the cash commodity with borrowed money and the simultaneous sale of the futures contract can provide a profit.