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Earlier this year, the UK’s Financial Stability Board published a report on commodities markets that suggested that certain players in European commodities markets had reduced their hedging of ...

Effective hedging strategies, such as using futures, options, and swaps, are crucial for stabilizing costs and managing price risks in volatile base metal markets during H2 2025. Metal buyers can ...

Peter Gratton, M.A.P.P., Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex ...

Earlier this month, the World Bank published a paper pointing out that although global economic growth in 2024/25 is expected to be nearly half a percentage point lower than the average in the half ...

Renewed turmoil in Europe, supply shortages and the growing impact of financial investors are driving renewed demand for commodities hedging. For most of 2010, producers and consumers of many ...

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Tucked away in a basement in London's exclusive Mayfair district is a hedge fund manager investing entirely in raw materials, one of a small band trading commodity spreads -- ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pierre Andurand, who managed $2 billion at his BlueGold oil hedge fund before it folded last year under heavy losses, is headlining a host of one-time commodity stars looking to ...

Gold, silver, and platinum bars, representing commodities. In times of economic and political uncertainty, I often see investors turning to commodities. Types of commodities can range from precious ...