Not exact matches
The rebound in
commodity prices, a
softer euro and stronger economic growth are setting European earnings on course
for the best quarter since 2011.
For example, BinaryTilt covers 7 different types of
commodities ranging from
soft commodities to precious metals.
These nascent signs of stabilization is encouraging, given the sector had long been battered by the effects of dollar appreciation (
soft demand
for U.S. exports) and cut - backs from the
commodity rout.
The combined effects of falling
commodity prices, weak global demand
for exports and
soft internal demand have led to year - over-year (YOY) declines in the gross domestic products (GDPs) of the largest Asian economies.
The opportunities
for hedge funds to find dislocations and arbitrage opportunities are far greater in
soft commodities such as beef compared with hard
commodities such as iron ore because the supply is more dispersed.
CCA's cost increases are lower than those at Schweppes because CCA pays
for soft drink concentrate in Australian dollars rather than US dollars and hedges its
commodity and currency exposure.
For this, Barry Callebaut created a joint venture with P.T. Comextra Majora, a diversified
soft commodities trader and exporter of cocoa from Indonesia as well as a long - standing business partner of Barry Callebaut, as -LSB-...]
There are all kinds of charting tools to measure historical volatility, and it's good to study them to get a «feel»
for how a market's prices will have regular peaks and valleys, especially more seasonal - based
commodities like the grains (corn, wheat, soybeans, etc.) and
for the most part the
softs (coffee, sugar, cocoa, etc.).
Established in 2000 to offer an electronic energy market, the ICE later acquired the New York Board of Trade to become the primary center
for trading the
softs commodities including coffee, cocoa, sugar, and orange juice.
For example,
soft commodities markets, such as sugar, soybean, wheat, and corn, which are perishable and seasonal, frequently have backwardated curves to reflect the associated cost of carry.
Precisely because art can function as multiple things at once - as an object
for discourse, an artifact, and a
commodity - it is both simultaneously elusive and specific: a
soft target.
Nick acts
for banks and trading companies in transactions around the world and his experience includes transactions involving energy, metals and
soft commodities as well as equipment and processed goods and semi-processed.
Profit squeeze: Mid-size law firms will continue to be affected by a «profit squeeze» resulting from (a) increased overhead due to higher associate and staff salaries and benefits; (b) higher automation costs, professional liability insurance and marketing expenses; (c) partners» unwillingness / inability to increase hourly fee rates
for «
commodity» type work to off - set higher overhead; (d) enhanced client scrutiny of hourly rates, hours to produce work and lawyer and paralegal staffing of work assignments; (e) pressure by corporate counsel
for law firms to absorb more of the «
soft costs;» (f) slower paying clients, that affect cash flow and hence the availability of distributable dollars
for partners; and (g) a great many mid-size law firms are burdened with higher debt.
Well known
for assisting clients with physicals, covering
soft commodities and metals, with particular expertise in sugar and grain.
For example, gold is always priced in U.S. dollars, as are
soft commodities such as wheat and grain.