Crude volatility

the history and the future of boom-bust oil prices

As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven't been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey from the gushing Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s ...

Cosechas especulativas

financiarización, alimentación y agricultura

Este libro nos ofrece una perspectiva detallada de los vínculos entre los sistemas alimentario y financiero, ofreciendo una mayor claridad sobre este tema, gracias al uso de un vocabulario cotidiano y ejemplos concretos. Examina los mecanismos mediante los cuales los procesos de financiarización han transformado ...

Principles of commodity economics and finance

A rigorous but practical introduction to the economic, financial, and political principles underlying commodity markets. Commodities have become one of the fastest growing asset classes of the last decade and the object of increasing attention from investors, scholars, and policy makers. Yet existing treatments of ...

Agricultural risk transfer

from insurance to reinsurance to capital markets

'Agricultural Risk Transfer' introduces the main concepts of agricultural (re)insurance and capital market risk transfer that are discussed through industry case studies. It also discusses best industry practices for all main insurance products for crop, livestock, aquaculture and forestry risks including risk assessment, underwriting ...

Un grano de cacao

perspectivas y futuro de la agricultura africana

Actualmente, la realidad africana alberga múltiples contradicciones. ¿Cómo explicar que un continente agrícola tenga millones de hambrientos? Para responder a esta cuestión hay numerosas hipótesis, pero todas ellas del mismo lugar: la historia. No se puede entender el modelo agrícola africano sin la colonización, ni ...

Carbon

Carbon is the political challenge of our time. While critical to supporting life on earth, too much carbon threatens to destroy life as we know it, with rising sea levels, crippling droughts, searing heat waves, and catastrophic floods sounding the alarm on a future now ...

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 ...

Cazadores de materias primas

Sin carburante, los automóviles se paran. Cualquiera lo sabe, hasta un niño. Pero, ¿os habéis preguntado cómo sería nuestra vida sin materias primas? Pues, ¡se acabaría bastante rápido ir en coche! Tomemos como ejemplo el cobre: en un automóvil normal encontramos… ¡un kilómetro y medio ...

Natural resources as capital

An introduction to the concepts and tools of natural resource economics, including dynamic models, market failures, and institutional remedies. This introduction to natural resource economics treats resources as a type of capital; their management is an investment problem requiring forward-looking behavior within a dynamic setting ...

Análisis económico del comportamiento Giffen en mercados agroalimentarios = Economic analysis of Giffen behaviour in agrifood markets

INDICE: El análisis y los resultados de este trabajo, si bien provisionales, son útiles tanto para docentes, investigadores como estudiantes, así como para la mejora de políticas económicas y agroalimentarias. Su tema central de estudio es la conducta Giffen, que tiende a darse en circunstancias ...

Crude volatility

the history and the future of boom-bust oil prices

As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven't been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey from the gushing Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s ...

Investor sentiment effect in european stock markets

La presente obra se adentra en el estudio del potencial efecto del sentimiento del inversor sobre la valoración de activos, su efecto en los pronósticos de beneficios y recomendaciones de los analistas y su impacto sobre los activos derivados. Abarca el efecto del sentimiento del ...

Commodity markets

asset allocation, pricing and risk management

The increasing presence of investors and financial intermediaries in commodity markets, together with the huge increase in the volatility of commodity prices, have renewed the interest in commodities and commodity derivatives. In the last decade, a better understanding of the behavior of commodity prices and ...

Currencies, commodities and consumption

Currency values, prices, consumption and incomes are at the heart of the economic performance of all countries. In order to make a meaningful comparison between one economy and another, economists routinely make use of purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates, but while PPP rates are ...

Valuation and risk management in energy markets

Valuation and Risk Management in Energy Markets surveys the mechanics of energy markets and the valuation of structures commonly arising in practice. The presentation balances quantitative issues and practicalities facing portfolio managers, with substantial attention paid to the ways in which common methods fail in ...

Investing in commodities for dummies

Add another dimension to your portfolio with commodities Do you know how commodities stack up against other investment options? Investing In Commodities For Dummies is a straightforward resource that provides an in-depth look at what commodities are and how they might prove beneficial to your ...

Commodity markets and the global economy

In an era defined by financial upheaval, few parts of the economy have witnessed the kind of volatility seen in commodities markets. In this book, Blake Clayton, a Wall Street analyst and adjunct fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, draws on the latest thinking ...

The secret financial life of food

from commodities markets to supermarkets

One morning while reading Barron's, Kara Newman took note of a casual bit of advice offered by famed commodities trader Jim Rogers. "Buy breakfast," he told investors, referring to the increasing value of pork belly and frozen orange juice futures. The statement inspired Newman ...

The secret club that runs the world

inside the fraternity of commodity traders

Kate Kelly, acclaimed journalist and author of Street Fighters, investigates the world of commodities traders. When most of us think of the drama of global finance, we think of stocks and bonds. But commodities? Crude oil and soya beans? Copper and wheat? What could be ...

Las guerras del oro

una visión detrás de los hilos del poder de un banquero privado en Suiza

En este apasionante libro, editado en colaboración de la GoldMoney Fundation y la Asociación Española de Metales de Precioses, cautiva al lector desde sus primeras páginas, se desvela: ­- Por qué el oro es considerado como el dinero por excelencia. - Los motivos por los que el ...