Commodity Speculation for Beginners (McGraw-Hill Paperbacks)
by Charles Huff and Barbara Marinacci
A hands-on guide to navigating the new fuel markets Fuel Hedging and Risk Management: Strategies for Airlines, Shippers and Other Consumers provides a clear and practical understanding of commodity price dynamics, key fuel hedging techniques, and risk management strategies for the corporate fuel consumer. It covers the commodity markets and derivative instruments in a manner accessible to corporate treasurers, financial officers, risk managers, commodity traders, structurers, as well as quantita...
Originally published in 1995, but with enduring relevance in a time of global population growth and food insecurity, when it was first published, this book attracted much global attention, and criticism from Beijing. It argued that even as water becomes scarcer in a land where 80% of the grain crop is irrigated, as per-acre yield gains are erased by the loss of agricultural land to industrialization, and as food production stagnates, China still increases its population by the equivalent of a ne...
In the 20th century humanity consumed products faster than ever, but this way of living is no longer sustainable. This new and important book shows how technological advances are driving forms of ‘collaborative consumption’ which will change forever the ways in which we interact both with businesses and with each other. The average lawn mower is used for four hours a year. The average power drill is used for only twenty minutes in its entire lifespan. The average car is unused for 22 h...
Large fluctuations in the price of primary commodities, particularly in agricultural, began to receive the attention of economists and public affairs leaders at the beginning of the twentieth century. The world economic depression of the 1930s gave a new impetus to the concerns and to proposals for countering what became known as the problem of excessive price fluctuations, especially of commodities in international trade. Several options were investigated, including: extended agreements for the...
Crb Winter Supplement 1993
The single, most comprehensive source on 105 commodities. Articles address major industry trends, changes and issues of interest to professionals in the futures and options markets. Contains approximately 1,000 charts plus tables, supply and demand data, production/consumption figures and background information on each market. This edition features currency markets in the 90's, how to use derivatives to enhance the performance of a market neutral equity portfolio and changes in trade in the live...
The Knight Ridder Crb Commodity Yearbook
The single, most comprehensive source on 105 commodities. Articles address major industry trends, changes and issues of interest to professionals in the futures and options markets. Contains approximately 1,000 charts plus tables, supply and demand data, production/consumption figures and background information on each market. This edition features currency markets in the 90's, how to use derivatives to enhance the performance of a market neutral equity portfolio and changes in trade in the live...
Aimed at all those in the agricultural options market - traders, hedgers, speculators and even novices - this text gives all the fundamental principles and proven strategies needed to make a profit in all the agricultural option markets - wheat, corn, soyabeans, livestock, soft commodities and more. It also provides the mathematical background and formulas needed to play the agricultural market game. The book includes information on options in general and agricultural options in particular; emph...
The fast and easy way to get a handle on ETFs Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have a strong foothold in the marketplace, because they are less volatile than individual stocks, cheaper than most mutual funds, and subject to minimal taxation. But how do you use thisfinancial product to diversify your investments in today's fast-growing and ever-changing market? Exchange-Traded Funds For Dummies shows you in plain English how to weigh your options and pick the exchange-traded fund that's right for you...
WAYNE PENELLO AND ANDREW FURMAN have spent the better part of forty years investigating traditional hedging practices and innovating a better solution. And that innovation put them on a path to invent a groundbreaking approach to hedging. Risk Is an Asset tells the story of that invention, and it will transform the way you think about hedging strategies. What you will learn by reading this book is that effective hedging is not a decision, it is a process they call “Process Risk Management,” or...
7 Investments In Your 20's That Will Change Your Life
by Daniel Sarver
Managing Energy Risk (Wiley Finance, #426) (Wiley Desktop Editions)
by Markus Burger, Bernhard Graeber, and Gero Schindlmayr
Mathematical techniques for trading and risk management. Managing Energy Risk closes the gap between modern techniques from financial mathematics and the practical implementation for trading and risk management. It takes a multi-commodity approach that covers the mutual influences of the markets for fuels, emission certificates, and power. It includes many practical examples and covers methods from financial mathematics as well as economics and energy-related models.
Michael Maloney is widely recognized as a leading expert on monetary history, economics, economic cycles investing, and precious metals. He is CEO and founder of GoldSilver.com, one of the world's largest gold and silver bullion dealers, CEO and founder of WealthCycles.com, an educational website, and host of the most popular video series on the topics of monetary history, economics and economic cycles, The Hidden Secrets of Money.
