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NEW YORK (October 1, 2024) — Reflections of an Option Seller: The Rise, Fall, and Return of a Commodity Market Maverick by James Cordier is now available. The book is published with Forbes Books, the ...

President Donald Trump's auto and retaliatory tariffs on key U.S. trading partners are contributing to market volatility. Trump also recently noted he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from countries ...

The World for Sale. By Javier Blas and Jack Farchy. Oxford University Press; 416 pages; $29.95. Random House Business; £20 THE COMMODITY-TRADERS who feature in “The World for Sale” are not the kind ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I analyze petroleum economics and energy policy. Pity the poor commodity trader, blamed for high prices by consumers and low ...

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