Forty-five years ago, when you had a gold standard, all I had to do was value stocks and commodities.

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The standard economic argument against Fairtrade goes like this: the low price of commodities such as coffee is due to overproduction, and ought to be a signal to producers to switch to growing other crops.

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While Goldman is the gold standard in the trading business, with its fixed income, currencies and commodities trading division one of the most profitable in the industry, the macro environment has a been difficult one for trading in the last half of the year.

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The median value of probable future changes for a large number of commodities is expected to be zero, which is the necessary condition for a standard.

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