Courses

Semester 1: Components of trading

1: Basics of commodity trading, Worldwide trade flows

• International supply and demand for commodities - volume, flows/distribution, production, consumption
• General overview of the different types of commodities: energy products and gas, agri-commodities; metals, ores, minerals; non-tangibles; shipping
• The markets and players: banks, hedge funds, trading companies, exchanges, governments
• How the commodity markets fit within the larger capital markets