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Trading commodities and financial futures : a step-by-step guide to mastering the markets
As an asset class, commodities are now as important as stocks and bonds-- and with rapid growth in demand, profit opportunities in commodities are larger than ever. But today's computer-driven markets are volatile and chaotic. Fortunately, you can profit consistently-- and this tutorial will show you how.
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Determinants of Financial Hedging Strategies among Commodity Producer Firms in Latin America
This study investigates the determinants of hedging practices among commodity-producing companies in Latin America. The economic significance of the extractive sector in the region makes understanding firms' hedging decisions and their impact on firm value highly relevant. The findings reveal several key insights. Firm size, leverage, and commodity prices are important factors consistent with prior research. Additionally, the region's exchange rate exposure means that firms' acquisition of US dollar-denominated debt is a significant determinant of their hedging activities, as well as the firms’ access to the international markets. Notably, the type of ownership also significantly impacts hedging, as state-owned firms are more likely to hedge to reduce volatility in their revenues for the case of oil-firms. In contrast to the limited research on Latin American extractive firms, an extensive literature has explored hedging strategies in developed countries' extractive companies. This study aims to address the gap by investigating the determinants of hedging practices among commodity-producing companies in Latin America and their impact on firms' value.
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New Evidence on the Financialization of Commodity Markets
This paper uses a novel dataset of commodity-linked notes (CLNs) to examine the impact of the flows of financial investors on commodity futures prices. Investor flows into and out of CLNs are passed to and withdrawn from the futures markets via issuers' trades to hedge their CLN liabilities. The flows are not based on information about futures price movements but nonetheless cause increases and decreases in commodity futures prices when they are passed through to and withdrawn from the futures markets. These finding are consistent with the hypothesis that non-information-based financial investments have important impacts on commodity prices.
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The world for sale : money, power and the traders who barter the Earth's resources
The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they come from. But we should. In 'The World for Sale', two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets: enabling an enormous expansion in international trade, and connecting resource-rich countries - no matter how corrupt or war-torn - with the world's financial centres.
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Financialization of Commodity Markets
The large inflow of investment capital to commodity futures markets in the past decade has generated a heated debate about whether financialization distorts commodity prices. Rather than focusing on the opposing views concerning whether investment flows caused a price bubble, we critically review academic studies through the perspective of how financial investors affect risk sharing and information discovery in commodity markets. We argue that financialization has substantially changed commodity markets through these mechanisms.
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Commodity derivatives : a guide for future practitioners
Commodity Derivatives: A Guide for Future Practitioners describes the origins and uses of these important markets. Commodities are often used as inputs in the production of other products, and commodity prices are notoriously volatile. Derivatives include forwards, futures, options and swaps; all are types of contracts that allow buyers and sellers to establish the price at one time and exchange the commodity at another. These contracts can be used to establish a price now for a purchase or sale that will occur later, or establish a price later for a purchase or sale now. This book provides detailed examples for using derivatives to manage prices by hedging, using futures, options and swaps. It also presents strategies for using derivatives to speculate on price levels, relationships, volatility, and the passage of time. Finally, because the relationship between a commodity price and a derivative price is not constant, this book examines the impact of basis behavior on hedging results, and shows how the basis can be bought and sold like any other price. The material in this book is based on the author's 30-year career in commodity derivatives, and is essential reading for students planning careers as commodity merchandisers, traders, and related industry positions. Not only does it provide them with the necessary theoretical background, but it also covers the practical applications that employers expect new hires to understand. Examples are coordinated across chapters using consistent prices and formats, and uses industry terminology so students can become familiar with standard terms and concepts. This book is organized into 18 chapters, corresponding to approximately one chapter per week for courses on the semesters\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Law Enforcement and the History of Financial Market Manipulation
First Published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Introduction 1. Manipulation: Some History 2. Market Manipulation and the New Deal Legislation 3. Postwar Manipulation and Speculation 4. Manipulation of Commodity Prices in a Time of Inflation 5. Manipulation Setbacks Under the Federal Securities Laws 6. The Battle over OTC Derivatives 7. The Dodd-Frank Act 8. Challenges for the New Manipulation Standards
Jerry W. Markham is a Professor of Law at the Florida International University College of Law in Miami, USA.
\"Professor Markham has written another masterpiece. His book provides a rich history and detailed analysis of financial fraudulence, commonly known as manipulation, from a regulatory policy perspective, and the ways that case law has evolved and characterized this fraud. Markham then properly addresses the new theories that have been developed since the passage of Dodd-Frank in 2010 and places them in the context of the rich enforcement traditions of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and others. The book is a must read for financial services lawyers and regulators as well as academics.\" -- Ronald Filler, New York Law School
\"Jerry Markham as always provides an insightful analysis on the history of the financial markets--this time focusing on law enforcement and market manipulation.\" -- Thomas Lee Hazen, School of Law, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Commodity market trading and investment : a practitioners guide to the markets
This title offers practical knowledge, analysis, trading techniques, and methodologies required for the management of key international commodities. The author explores each aspect of commodity trading in detail and helps the reader to implement effective techniques to build a strong portfolio.
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Informational Frictions and Commodity Markets
This paper develops a model with a tractable log-linear equilibrium to analyze the effects of informational frictions in commodity markets. By aggregating dispersed information about the strength of the global economy among goods producers whose production has complementarity, commodity prices serve as price signals to guide producers' production decisions and commodity demand. Our model highlights important feedback effects of informational noise originating from supply shocks and futures market trading on commodity demand and spot prices. Our analysis illustrates the weakness common in empirical studies on commodity markets of assuming that different types of shocks are publicly observable to market participants.
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