Keep an extra close eye on U.S. Treasury bonds and notes futures prices, as they are a good daily gauge of the overall worldwide investor risk appetite, or lack thereof, in the market place.

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Eurex coveted the Board of Trade's biggest contracts, futures on Treasury bonds, which were still rooted in its old-fashioned trading floors.

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The cbot had futures on grains, Treasury bonds and the Dow stock indexes.

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Futures ETFs - These funds trade commodities, stocks, Treasury bonds and currencies.

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