How Commodity Markets Work | WSJ
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Published 2023-03-02
WSJ’s David Uberti explains how volatility in commodity markets impacts the price you pay for products like orange juice.
Graphic: Miki Katoni
00:00 Why Florida’s oranges might go extinct
00:36 How frozen concentrate orange juice became a commodity
02:08 How commodities are traded
03:11 How futures contracts benefit farmers, manufacturers and financial traders
04:02 How futures prices impact retail prices
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All Comments (21)
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One of the best WSJ videos in a while, really impressive editing and conciseness
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I'm Brazilian and around here orange juice has also gone up. Precisely because it is more profitable to export.
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Jokes on them, I grow my own oranges. Those Duke Brothers won't get my money! Lol
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Very informative, thanks 👍
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Thank you so much .I learnt something valuable today .
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Awesome video thank you :)
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Crazy my grandmother got laid off from her orange production job up in Central Florida. This was around November last year.
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Trading Places, anyone????????????
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Good job
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0:10 to record high and led to thousands of job cuts. 0:30 how commodity market works 2:10 Future contract: an agreement btw 2 parties for a delivery of a commodity at a future date. 3:00 Over the last couples of year, the U.S. dollar has been particularly strong. 3:10 imports from Mexico and Brazil have become effectively cheaper. 3:30 you're not going to bear the full brunt of those losses.
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I will just say thank you.
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Thank you, WSJ! After this video, now I'll be able to beat the Dukes before they corner the entire frozen orange juice market!
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“WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?!” “T H E Y R E S E L L L I N G M O R T I M O R”
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So speculation around the future price of an item gets to affect its actual, current market price. Sounds completely reasonable. 🙃
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This reminds me of the Amaranth hedge fund losing $3b on natural gas futures in 2006…. presumably producers did well with above market prices locked in which may have impacted drilling efforts. So crazy how futures trading at volume can impact the physical world.
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thanks
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Literally had to look this up. I didn’t know OJ trading was real.
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Great products
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Why did OJ concentrate? Because shouting, “They had it coming!” In the courtroom was way different than privately with your lawyer.
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Trading Spaces for real!
