'A
commodity exchange shall maintain, at all times, liquid net worth amounts of a type acceptable to the Authority, which shall be adequate in relation to the nature, size and complexity of the business of that
commodity exchange to ensure that there are no significant risks that liabilities may not be met as they fall due."
Our financial solutions are specifically designed to be able to respond to the needs of the different players in the eco system - from the small holder farmer to the the
commodity trader.'
Khoday further added, "However,
commodity markets are mostly driven by demand/supply dynamics and they are not uniformly correlated to other commodities, unlike equities.
With an estimated one million farmers, in the next 18 months set to be integrated into the Ghana
Commodity Exchange and Warehouse Receipt System, President Akufo-Addo stressed that, Ghanaian farmers will gain access to secured storage for their harvest and good warehousing management practices, substantially reducing their post-harvest loses and improving their take home sales; affordable short-term loans using their commodities as sole collateral, as well as managing borrowers' credit and default risks; and daily real time market and price information directly via text messaging.
* Addressing
commodity price volatility, which continues to be a critical feature of international
commodity markets and thus creates challenges for macroeconomic management and exposes developing countries to greater macroeconomic uncertainty.
Beside changes in financial markets, dynamic growth of the emerging markets has also played a vital role in financialization of
commodity markets.
The Nuveen Diversified
Commodity Fund operates as a
commodity pool and aims to generate higher risk-adjusted total return than
commodity market benchmarks.
In author and seasoned
commodity trader Carley Garner's quest to guide traders through the process of
commodity market analysis, strategy development, and risk management, "Higher Probability
Commodity Trading" discusses several alternative market concepts and unconventional views such as option selling tactics, hedging futures positions with options, and combining the practice of fundamental, technical, seasonal, and sentiment analysis to gauge market price changes.
Historically, however, taking gold as an example, Fed tightening cycles have more often than not been unable to reverse the depreciating dollar trend or the rising
commodity price trend (which is the main catalyst for tighter policy in the first place).