Why would the price of oil on the spot market be 40% than the cost of production?
What is more important, he empowered associates to make on the spot price decisions in order to clinch every possible sale.
The scramble to secure oil supplies now and into the future has contributed to the sharp increase in the price of oil on both the spot market and for future delivery.
The benefit of this is that you gain exposure to commodities, the long-term trends, because ultimately these contracts will roll over, without having to be right short-term on the spot price of commodities, which is an extremely difficult game.
Per a recent piece from Dimensional Fund Advisors' Weston Wellington, the annualized return on the gold spot price from 1973 through March 31, 2013, has been 7.63%.
Historically, iron ore prices have been relatively stable and most contracts have been annual contracts that were generally priced based on the average spot price in the previous year.
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It is not only the slide in Vivendi's share price that has put Mr Messier on the spot.
Power-sector reforms allowed smaller European utilities to compete more vigorously, buying LNG on the spot market at a price sometimes as low as half that of long-term contracts from Russia.
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Price laid out the eight steps to an impressive on-the-spot reply, which, in business, refers to a clear, concise answer that provides just enough of the right information to satisfy the questioner.
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On a Comex spot continuation chart, this was the lowest price for Comex gold since September 2010.
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The current uptrend on weekly charts dates back to late 2008, and has more than doubled the price of spot gold, during a steady bull run.
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What about the contango effect (when the price of a barrel of oil for delivery in six months is higher than an identical barrel bought on the spot market today)?
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