Mastering the commodities markets : a step-by-step guide to the markets, products and their trading /: a step-by-step guide to the markets, products and their trading. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] Francesca Taylor.
• Other Names: Taylor, Francesca
• Contents: Acknowledgements Contributors 1 Commodity Fundamentals Commodities are an asset class in their own right Range of commodity investments Market developments and global drivers Commodity prices and their effect on financial markets Market participants How commodities differ from other assets Economics of commodities: spot and forward transactions Forward curves: contango and backwardation Understanding the 'basis' Commodity trading, hedging, arbitrage Commodity indices 2 Key Commodity Derivatives Background and context Market Fundamentals Market fundamentals: exchange traded v. OTC derivatives markets The major commodities exchanges Exchange traded futures Exchange traded options OTC commodities derivatives OTC commodities options (caps) OTC commodities swaps Regulatory reform 3 Oil Steve McBain Background and context Crude oil production Crude oil consumption Crude oil refining Geopolitics OPEC Definitions and key features Oil reserves Oil uses and applications Oil pricing and price discovery Freighting Hedging and risk management Environmental concerns Future market developments 4 Gas With featured section on natural gas trading, by Victoria Adams Background and context What is natural gas? Gas measurements Natural gas formation Natural gas reserves Natural gas producers Liquefied natural gas (LNG) Shale gas Gas pricing and price discovery Trading natural gas 'Prompt' and 'curve' markets Spot trading and balancing Exchange trading 5 Coal Background and context Range of coals Mining and production World production and reserves Coal pricing and price discovery Exchange traded markets Trading with coal futures Environmental concerns Coal and carbon issues 6 Alternative Energy Background and context Measurements of electricity Energy definitions Hydropower Wind power Solar power Biofuels Geothermal power 7 Carbon and Environmental Commodities Andrew Pisano Background and context Economics of climate change An overview of emissions trading Emissions trading schemes Pricing and price discovery – supply and demand Hedging and trading The future of emissions trading 8 Precious Metals Jeffrey Rhodes Introduction – a personal view Background and context: London Bullion Market Bullion accounts Supply and demand Producers and consumers Pricing and price discovery Hedging and trading instruments Technical analysis Glossary of terms for bullion markets 9 Base Metals Fabrice Tayot Background and context The mining lifecycle Rehabilitation and environmental concerns Characteristics, supply and demand of key base metals: Pricing and price discovery Risk management and derivatives Outlook 10 Rare Earth Elements Background and context Definition and key features Supply and demand World production and reserves Importance of China Importance of rare earth elements in today's markets Defence uses of rare earth elements&lt.
• Publisher Details: Harlow : FT Publishing International
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 332.6328; Commodity exchanges; Commodity futures
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780273770121; 0273770128
• Related ISBNs: 9780273768128
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