Commos to read for coffee chat

Hi everyone,

I’ve got a coffee chat coming up for a commodity trading firm and thought it’d be good for me to get up to speed on markets and the current landscape. I just wanted to see if anyone had any recommendations of stuff to read, newsletters, podcasts, anything, especially to hear about current state of play for main mkts like oil, copper, maybe PGMs or iron ? Anything helps

Also a bit out there but for those in industry what would impress you on the part of a candidate in a coffee chat ? Obviously I know I’m not going to learn commodities overnight (especially since I haven’t even picked a specific market yet) but just wanted to hear what could impress you from an undergrad? Or any stuff you’d tell an industry prospect ?


Thank you all!

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