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  • How not to start a business. Part 4 When and how to wind down a business, and what I have learnt about it

    So this is the 4th and final instalment of this story. This was not my first business venture, but it has been by far the most intense and the one where I have invested the biggest amount of resources, both financially and personally. Had this venture be successful, it would… Listen ⇢

    How not to start a business. Part 4 When and how to wind down a business, and what I have learnt about it

  • How not to start a business. Part 3. Pump up the Volume(s)

    (Apologies to my reader(s) for publishing so late. My little girl has been sick and, as a stay at home dad, I had other more pressing priorities. But let’s get started) Part 3. Pump up the volumes (and a cultural bias.) The cost of a pound(roughly half a kg) of… Listen ⇢

    How not to start a business. Part 3. Pump up the Volume(s)

  • How not to start a business. Part 2:The plan. How I developed the idea, and why it was flawed.

    Part 2. The plan. How I developed the idea, and why it was flawed. The idea of starting to import specialty coffee came to me while waiting for a plane in the airport of Helsinki. I was looking without too much interest at the in-flight magazine of Finnair, and there… Listen ⇢

    How not to start a business. Part 2:The plan. How I developed the idea, and why it was flawed.

  • How not to start a business.And what to do once it fails. (Part 1)

     Chronicle of a fail in the times of global pandemics. Last week finally closed my company and call it a day. My dreams of entrepreneurship and success got shattered against, of all things, a virus(and logistics, actually). And a distinct case of Dunning Kruger effect. And a bit of lack… Listen ⇢

    How not to start a business.And what to do once it fails. (Part 1)

  • The 100 million question (Barrels, not dollars. In dollars is a lot more)

    The 100 million question (Barrels, not dollars. In dollars is a lot more) King oil is dead, long live the king. Or is it? In the last few months, between price wars and the lockdown, seems like there has been a never ending stream of bad news on the oil… Listen ⇢

    The 100 million question (Barrels, not dollars. In dollars is a lot more)

  • CTRM has been Ionized! (and I didn’t realize it)

    As many of my fellow readers know, I had a hiatus of just about 2 years from the commodities world (ah the beauty of the fashion industry…No!). Few days ago I took back form my archive a benchmark study we did for a client with regard of Commodity trading systems.… Listen ⇢

    CTRM has been Ionized! (and I didn’t realize it)

  • Hedging moments

    While reading the press tonight I came across this very interesting piece of news. Apparently Occidental petroleum has entered a substantial hedging position following the acquisition of Anadarko. This has been probably the highest profile M&A deal of the last few years and, as often in these cases, there are… Listen ⇢

    Hedging moments

  • Sweet, sweet cartels (Cocoa producers give it a try)

    For those who are not paying attention, some news has been going around the (limited) circles of Cocoa trading. Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world largest Cocoa producers, accounting for about 2/3 of the world production, are trying to set up a cartel in order to support the prices of… Listen ⇢

    Sweet, sweet cartels (Cocoa producers give it a try)

  • Happy (IMO) 2020

    (is the Marine industry going to take away our cheap holidays abroad?) Happy (IMO) 2020 So we are getting towards the end of the year, and it’s time to look back on the year that has passed and on to the year that will come So while we are getting… Listen ⇢

    Happy (IMO) 2020