Investing in Commodity Markets

Investing in Commodity Markets

  Commodity markets are the markets that deal directly with the production of goods. For instance, wheat is not produced by the wheat farmer, but traded instead on the commodity markets. A commodity market is simply a market which trades in the main economic sector instead of manufactured items, like sugar, cocoa and fruit. Hard…

Important Players in Commodity Markets

Important Players in Commodity Markets

A commodity market is basically a market which trades in the main economic sector instead of manufactured items, like sugar, cocoa and coffee. Generally hard commodities are traded, for example gold and oil, while agricultural commodities are traded in the futures sector. Conventional futures contracts are the safest way of trading in commodities, since physical…