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Trafigura graduate program
Trafigura, the giant commodities training firm, is hiring for its graduate programme. You do a 2-year rotation at either geneva, singapore, stamford, buenos aires. Wondering if anyone has interviewed with them. Curious to know what they're like.
Gold - Very Bullish?
So I was monkeying around yesterday and looking up the price and predictions of commodity futures when I found this article. For the most part I agree with it. Recent news seems to indicate that gold might indeed soar over 2000. The charts and statistics seem to indicate it as well....
Give Me Bread or Give Me Death
I have always been a big fan of Jim Rogers. His old school gentleman style, with the bow tie and the folksy drawl, always seems to confound the "savy types". I often imagine what an odd couple he and Soros must have made back in the late 60's/early 70's. For several years now Mr. Rogers has been...
Glencore - How true is this?
Definitely one of the toughest bunch of traders on the street. I'm doing a little bit of research into these guys before recruitment season, and from what I've read they're aggressive but have a real 'boutique' feel. How true is this?
China and Rare Earths - Monopoly for Now
First, the bad news - China's constrained rare earth supplies will be an "irreversible trend" and prices will remain at high levels, according to Zhang Zhong, general manager of Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co. Zhang should know, as his concern is China’s leading rare earths...
The Gasoline Crack-Why does RBOB Price off Brent
Ever since the WTI-Brent spread began to widen so has the price differential between RBOB (gasoline) and WTI? What is the key driver of this? Why does RBOB in the US not closely follow WTI? It is because finished products are very similar and can be easily transported so traders will move RBOB...
Commodities advice
Hi, Im a rising junior at a semi target studying economics and environmental science, this summer I'm interning in PWM for a BB in NY . I just want a bit of advice regarding a potential next move. I'm really interested in Commodity and Energy Markets, I have a few connections in IB but not totally...
Gold Flash Crash, Higher Margins, HFT caused ?
Today some people announced that there will be higher Gold Margins, Gold plunged more than $15 within minutes. In times of HFT drawdowns tend to be more heavier than experts say... BUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUYBUY ------------------------------------------ SELLSELLSELLSELLSELLSELL
Impact to USD/EUR with Raising the Debt Ceiling
Pretty firm support under USD/EUR at the .693 area...Any thoughts on potential impact on USD with the govt raising the debt ceiling this week. Our FX guy is telling me this should be bullish USD/EUR..but i just don't see it that way...
How to Start a Commodities Exchange
Hey Guys, As mentioned in subject--I'm curious how Exchanges Work. Most namedly, commodity exchanges. Especially, how do they get started? Tried to look for some case studies on this, but don't really find stuff that is very helpful. The LME is probably the closest thing to what I am involved with...
Developing an edge in global macro trading - Please shed some light
Hi all,
Books on Physical Commodity Trading
It seems like there's been an increasing amount of attention given to the physical commodities business on this site lately. If anyone can recommend any good books on the subject please post them here. Thanks. P.S.- Already read the King of Oil.
Anyone have Hull 7th ed. solutions? (SBs!!)
Already searched. I'm a long-time lurker trying to get things together for my SA spot in S&T this summer. I have the 7th edition Hull book that I've been reading, but I feel like getting my hands dirty with some of the problems would be good. Does anyone have a copy of the 7th edition solutions...
Looking for partnership
Hello, I am looking for potential opportunities for collaboration with individual traders who are looking to diversify trading with backtesting and automated frameworks. I have 10+ years developing front-to- back office systems, market data system, automated and backtesting framework, and trading...
Farmland
Not trolling, serious question. A family member passed - in his estate he left me farmland (wheat, not irrigated / corn, irrigated). I have been reading about a farmland bubble with the high prices and all - the price per acre has really sky-rocketed and I guess the thought process is that when (if)...
Really? No Glencore IPO Thread?
I guess Linked In took the stage today with their ridiculous valuation, but today Glencore started their offerings. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/19/us-glen…
Trading with a commodity MNC or BB?
new here, would very much appreciate your advice and wisdom. having interned with both a BB and a commodity MNC previously, i'm inclined to joining the latter (one in the likes of bunge, cargill, vitol etc). though i am interested in commodities, there is no real specific preference on the asset...
Anyone know/recommend any practice platform to trade commodity derivatives?
Hello I was wondering if anyone here knows of any platforms that i can download (use via web) which replicate the real time market scenarios that allow you to use derivatives in a practice account for commodities. Want to get my feet wet in this as in the past i started by practicing equities but...
The Tiger Has Returned!
Not sure why it took me three days to see this but it seems as though the Tiger of Wall Street has opened his fund back up to outside investors. http://www.cnbc.com/id/42431503 What's everyones thoughts on this? I wonder if he is doing it because he sees some big plays in the commodities sector and...
Literature/Websites on commodity hedging?
A couple friends asked me if I could recommend anything on commodity hedging (mainly for industrial conglomerates, although I assume general strategies would be quite helpful as well). I have searched the forum, and goggled, for any tips on good websites/books, but haven't been able to find anything...
Commodities Pricing
It seems that commodity research is not widely distributed. From the little commodity research I have read ( mostly from Barclays Commodities), there is a lot of data with respect to supply and demand, but there's little to no explanation of commodity price targets. Since commodities don't provide...
Bid - Ask
Elementary question, but I seem to have confused myself. Lets say i want to buy a stock and i place a market order. If there is enough size, do I get filled at the best ask price. On the flip side If I am selling the stock at the mkt am I getting filled at the best bid?
Saudi Day of Rage - Fri., March 11th
We have seen riots in Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain...and now Saudi Arabia? All of these countries have fallen victim to internal unrest because of both their lack of basic freedoms, and wealth disparity between the rich and the poor. All of the countries above are known to be wealthy oil...
Oil Should Spike Higher Following Saudi Riots and Nigerian Elections in April - Report Attached
The following special report on oil (LA Blog Only, leverageacademy.com/blog) discusses the oil market, providing reasons to be bullish on the commodity given unrest in the Middle East, Nigerian elections in April, and rising domestic consumption in oil producing countries, including Venezuela,...
Index Fund Rolls
Does anyone know of any good sources which track the rolls each month for DJ- UBS and GSCI Indices?
Investing - Commodities and Housing
I was wondering if anyone could recommend the most common financial products for investing in housing and commodity indices. Housing I am curious how investors will react to rising mortgage rates, and would like to follow a product, not necessarily an index, to confirm or deny my predictions...
The Resurrection of Peak Oil
It has been a long wait for “peak oilers,” whose passionate belief is that the world will run out of oil in coming years, sending prices through the roof. This splinter religion came into being in 1956 when M. King Hubbert produced some simple supply/demand charts showing that US reserves of...
CRB Commodity Yearbook
I was interested in checking out the latest version of the CRB Commodity Yearbook but it appears that the Chicago library system does not carry it. To buy my own copy costs $150. Clearly this is unreasonable for a layperson. Are there any other books with similar information that are cheaper / more...
Corporate commodites structuring
I have an offer for a summer internship in Corporate commodites structuring at a top IB . It seems cool, but very different from trading ( or even more classic structuring) for which I was aiming. And its hard to tell if its something big or not. Does anyone know if thats a cool job i.e. not too...
Daily Global Markets Update: 27 Jan '11
---BEST EQUITY Index: Madrid IGBM +1.64%...WORST: Dublin ISEQ -0.77% ---BEST EMERG. MKTS Index: Bahrain BHSE +0.82%...WORST: India SENSEX -1.50% ---BEST COMMODITY: Sugar #11 +3.38%...WORST: Nat. Gas -3.56% ---BEST FX (EUR): EUR/JPY +0.94%...WORST: EUR/CAD +0.03% (positive) ---BEST FX (USD): USD/JPY...
Daily Global Markets Update: 26 Jan '11
---BEST EQUITY Index: Athens GD +2.18%...WORST: Tokyo NIKKEI -0.60% ---BEST COMMODITY: Sugar #11 +3.96%...WORST: Platinum +0.22% (positive) ---BEST FX (EUR): EUR/CHF +0.17%...WORST: EUR/GBP -0.44% ---BEST FX (USD): USD/CHF +0.15%...WORST: USD/GBP -0.46% ---BEST FX (GBP): GBP/CHF +0.62%...WORST:...
Daily Global Markets Update: 24 Jan '11
BEST EQUITY Index: Dublin ISEQ +1.68%...WORST: Shanghai SHCOMP -0.72% BEST COMMODITY: Cotton #2 +3.21%...WORST: Nat. Gas -2.82% BEST FX (EUR): EUR/GBP +0.21%...WORST: EUR/CHF -0.86% BEST FX (USD): USD/GBP +0.07%...WORST: USD/CHF -0.99% BEST FX (GBP): GBP/CAD -0.05% (negative)...WORST: GBP/CHF -1.06%...
13 Jan 2011 - Global Markets Review
---World Indices DAILY BEST: Madrid IGBM +2.85% DAILY WORST: Dublin ISEQ -1.08% ---Commodities DAILY BEST: Palladium +1.99% DAILY WORST: Cotton -4.06% ---Currencies EUR BEST vs CAD +2.03% USD BEST vs CAD +0.34% GBP BEST vs CAD +0.79% EUR WORST vs GBP +1.26% (positive) USD WORST vs EUR -1.67% GBP...
10 Jan 2011 - Global Markets Review
---World Indices DAILY BEST: Sydney S&P/ASX200 +0.2% DAILY WORST: Athens GD -2.6% ---Commodities DAILY BEST: Cotton #2 +2.07% DAILY WORST: Nat. Gas -0.93% ---Currencies EURO BEST: vs CNY + 0.5% USD BEST: vs CNY +0.1% GBP BEST: vs CNY +0.3% EURO WORST: vs JPY -0.1% USD WORST: vs JPY -0.4% GBP WORST:...
Global Markets Biggest Movers (3 Jan-7 Jan 2010)
Biggest Increase/Biggest Decrease Indices: NIKKEI +3.1% / Madrid IGBM -3.0% Emerg. Markets Indices: Turkey XU100 +4.2%...India SENSEX -4.0% Commodities: Natural Gas +0.7%...Silver -7.3% FX-Euro: EUR/CHF -0.2% (negative)...EUR/CAD -4.1% FX-US Dollar: USD/EUR +3.7%...USD/CAD -0.6% FX-UK Pound: GBP/EUR...
5 Year Quick Review - Metals and Equities
5 Year Quick Review - Metals and Equities 2006-2010 Main Metals (Gold, Silver, Platinum, Palladium) 5-year Silver: + 247% 5-year Palladium +209% 5-year Gold: +174% 5-year Platinum: +81.9% source http://worldfinancialmarkets.yolasite.com/5ymetal… 2006-2010 Main Indices (DOW. FTSE100, DAX, S&P/TSX,...
Global Markets Review- Biggest Movers (02 Jan 2011)
Dec 27 2010-Dec 31 2010 Review ---Indices--- Week's: Toronto S&P/TSX +2.1% / Lisbon PSI20 -3.4% Month's: Dublin ISEQ +9.0 / Shanghai SHCOMP - 0.4% Year's: Frankfurt DAX +16.1% / Athens GD -35.6% ---Indices...Emerging Markets--- Week's: Mexico MEXBOL +2.5% / Turkey XU100 -0.4% Month's: Argentina...
Global Markets Review- Best Performers (20 Dec -24 Dec 2010)
---Indices--- Week's best: Milan MIB +3.5% Month's (so far) best: Athens GD -1.7% (negative) Year's (so far) best: Frankfurt's DAX +18.5% ---Commodities--- Week's best: Coffee (KCH1 'C') +4.8% Month's (so far) best: Natural Gas: +3.3% Year's (so far) best: Palladium +91.3% ---FX pairs (base...
UBS Commodities London
Does UBS still have a commodities desk in London or not? (I have heard they sold parts to JP Morgan, does anyone has further info on this, which parts they exaclty sold, if they have reestablished commodities etc...?)
'Tis the season to be German (who'd have thought!)
Here's a condensed review for Germany which may be of help to some of you. Germany -FX 1 year move (Dec 2009-Nov 2010) EUR/USD: -8% EUR/JPY: -16% EUR/CHF: -11% EUR/GBP: -6% Euro's fall against the majors may only benefit Germany and their exports. - Index 1 year move (Dec 2009-Nov 2010) DAX: +12.3%...
What's causing surge in commodities?
What has caused the recent surge in commodity prices? From what I know, long commodities is a hedge for inflation, except if QE2's goal was to reverse deflation and have normal levels of inflation, then assuming the surge was based on bets of rampant inflation and we end up getting normal levels,...
Market Review (cross-products)
Global Markets Best Performers Review -11 Dec ---Indices--- Week's best: Dublin's ISEQ +3.3% Month's (so far) best: Tokyo's NIKKEI -2.8% (negative) Year's (so far) best: Frankfurt's DAX +17.6% ---Commodities--- Week's best: Copper +2.6% Month's (so far) best: Gold +0.6% Year's (so far) best:...
What is a luxury good?
Yes, I know the economic definition of a luxury good but I want to know the Monkey’s definition of a luxury good. (For those that don't, I'll post it at the end)
best Physical Metal Trading bulletin/report/digest
I am wondering what people's opinions are on the best metal market info sources? Which bulleting/market report services does your firm subscribe to? Are they daily or weekly? what kind of info do they publish? do they have comprehensive local FOB prices or just general macro info? I know metal...
Noble Group: industry rep and other info?
anyone know anything about these guys? i'm going to a career event next week hosted by them. it's a bit odd that they're commodity and energy traders but based out of hong kong. anyways, would like to hear about their industry rep.
physical commodity trading in Miami
Which commodity trading majors (glencore/cargill/trafigura/etc..) have the largest/most prestigious desks in the Miami area? I am aware Stemcor has sizeable operations servicing latin america, and know that Bunge has a small desk that takes most of its orders from geneva... I have a family member...
MBA's and Physical Commodity Trading
I am dead set on a career in physical commodities trading and would one day like to move up into management. Consequently, I would very much like to pursue an MBA in order to hone the management/strategy skills that I would need upon graduating from the trading desk to the boardroom. Since most...
Project Finance/Physical Commodity Trading lexicon
I am supposed to be updating my firm's website and am having trouble wording one of our activities. Does anyone know what the technical term would be for the following transaction; Say you are a commodity trading firm. A mine operator wants to invest in a new mine. Rather than taking out a loan,...
BP traders
I know that it takes 3 years to become a trader for BP and that the P&L you take when you are a trader is less than the percentage you get from IB's but does anyone know how the base and bonus works those first 3 years when you aren't actually trading ? Thanks
The Informational Advantage- What do you Know that Other People Don’t
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura discusses "informational advantage" this week at the Lujiazui Forum on economics and finance in Shanghai: "In my understanding, the Volcker Rule [proposed legislation restricting banks from making certain speculative investments] is designed to deter...
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