Louisiana Light • 2 days | 75.78 | -0.87 | -1.14% | |||
Bonny Light • 1 day | 78.55 | -0.06 | -0.08% | |||
Opec Basket • 2 days | 79.69 | -2.90 | -3.51% | |||
Mars US • 32 days | 79.71 | -2.05 | -2.51% | |||
Gasoline • 17 mins | 2.107 | -0.004 | -0.17% |
Bonny Light • 1 day | 78.55 | -0.06 | -0.08% | |||
Girassol • 1 day | 78.88 | -0.24 | -0.30% | |||
Opec Basket • 2 days | 79.69 | -2.90 | -3.51% |
Peace Sour • 1 min | 56.07 | -0.72 | -1.27% | |||
Light Sour Blend • 1 min | 59.92 | -0.72 | -1.19% | |||
Syncrude Sweet Premium • 1 min | 64.52 | -0.72 | -1.10% | |||
Central Alberta • 1 min | 58.07 | -0.72 | -1.22% |
Eagle Ford • 2 days | 69.52 | -1.03 | -1.46% | |||
Oklahoma Sweet • 2 days | 69.50 | -0.75 | -1.07% | |||
Kansas Common • 1 day | 62.50 | -0.75 | -1.19% | |||
Buena Vista • 2 days | 79.16 | -1.03 | -1.28% |
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Crude oil prices spike. Copper tanks. Cotton and coffee can’t make up their minds. The price graphs you see look more and more like they’re tracking major seismic activity or a sprinter’s heart rate, not the markets.
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MetalMiner focuses on providing manufacturing firms with market intelligence so that they can improve their sourcing decisions. Price risk, of course, plays a big role in a company’s bottom line.
Lisa Reisman, MetalMiner’s editor, has written frequently on the topic. “Uncertainty, underpinned by volatility, makes people question when they should buy, how much they should buy and even what they should buy,” she said.
So what is the best way to fight uncertainty? According to Reisman, a combination of learning current market trends, applying forecasting models and considering hedging strategies could steer a manufacturing organization down a more certain path.
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