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Food for Thought: The Soy Journey from East to West
When most people think about soybeans, their first thought is probably of food. After all, this tiny bean has grown to become one of the top ten most valuable agricultural products in the world. Sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami – this oilseed is the foundation for thousands of dishes and central to many Asian cuisines today.
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The Ever-Shifting Shanghai Gold Market Landscape
As the world’s largest gold producer, China plays an outsized role in global gold markets. But in order to fully satisfy domestic demand for jewelry and other forms of gold, the country also typically relies on imports.
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Lithium, Cobalt Lead Charge for Alternative Fuels
As the push towards alternative energy sources gains momentum amid growing concerns over the environment and demand from an expanding electric car industry, the spotlight has turned to battery metals such as lithium and cobalt that are used to store electricity, rallying their prices this year.
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Biofuels Thrive on Net Zero Carbon Ambitions
The stated global ambitions by nations to reduce their use of fossil fuels is seeing a rise in the demand for more sustainable energy sources and biofuels appears to be at the forefront of the change.
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Monetary Seesaw – The Treasury and Fed at Opposite Ends
Over the coming months the Federal Reserve Bank will increase the supply of coupons in the market as it tapers its purchases of treasury and mortgage-backed security (MBS) assets. Meanwhile, the U.S. Treasury will decrease the amount of coupon issuance. These seesaw dynamics could make interest rate markets move in unique ways.
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Equities: Six Factors Behind Divergence in China-U.S. Markets
Since 2004, the FTSE China H50 Index has largely kept pace with the FTSE Emerging Markets Index as well as U.S. indices such as the S&P 500® and Russell 2000
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Specific and accurate physical commodities price calculation via Cloud Distribution Solutions
How Grão Direto, a Brazilian startup, built a tool that calculates customized grain prices for sellers, warehouses and properties, using CME Smart Stream on Google Cloud Platform solution.
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FX Futures: Why They Matter in Currency Overlay Management
A discussion with 7orca, the Germany-based specialist asset manager, and CME Group
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Case Study: Avoiding cash drag using Equity Index futures
Cash is a necessary component of most investment portfolios. It’s present in a portfolio for operational reasons, including managing subscription/redemption flows and income streams such as dividends.
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Natural Gas: Seven Potential Consequences of Price Surge
In recent weeks natural gas prices have increased sharply, more than doubling in the U.S. and rising roughly ten-fold in Europe and Asia (Figure 1).
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Case study: Helping a bank publicly report on its sustainable hedging activities
Banks increasingly have a mandate set out by their leadership to prioritize “Sustainable Hedging;” that is, derivatives trading that supports the financing of sustainable business projects. Some even have specific lines of credit set aside for this type of trading activity.
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Q&A With ARRC’s Tom Wipf: The Shift to Term SOFR
CME Group’s Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Term Rates have seen extensive client interest since the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC) endorsed them on July 29, with the move marking the last step in the ARRC’s Paced Transition Plan from LIBOR.