Commodity Prices: Basics for Businesses That Buy, Sell or Use Basic Materials

Commodity price trends are a hot topic among some of my clients and audience members. This is the first of three articles about commodity price, covering basic material that someone buying or selling commodities should understand. The need for the information goes well beyond the trading desk of a broker, however. Plenty of sales people and purchasing managers should understand commodity pricing, even if commodities are only a small part of the day’s work. Further, anyone whose company is heav...