1. The document discusses the determination of forward and futures prices for different types of assets, including consumption assets like oil and investment assets like gold. It presents the key formulas for relating the forward or futures price to the expected future spot price based on factors like interest rates, storage costs, and yield. 2. Short selling is discussed as selling securities you do not own by borrowing them from another client and later replacing them. 3. Examples are provided of using the formulas to check for arbitrage opportunities between spot and forward gold prices under different interest rate scenarios.