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New Course on Risk Management within the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industry

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Jawwad

Over at the Learning Corporate Finance Blog, I posted a new free online course on risk management within the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical. A short six session introduction to a risk management framework for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical industry focused on managing crude oil price volatility for Oil refiners, Polymer and PVC manufacturers and…

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Understanding Commodities Risk – in print March 2010

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Jawwad

Understanding Commodities Risk – out in print early March 2010 The principles are simple. Document the supply and demand of a resource, the psychology of its market and participant behaviour and you should have a handle on how prices move. Identify any leading indicators and your price prediction model is complete. Interesting enough while commodities…

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Oil Insights – Oil Prices, Peak Oil debate and drivers for those who have never looked at oil before

Posted on February 7, 2010 by Jawwad

I am not a trader, nor an analyst. Technically speaking, I have only worked for an Investment Bank once in my life and that too on the margin trading and risk management desk. I am good with numbers and while I have done well with Excel, Lotus 123 and Symphony, I am not the distinguished…

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The Crude Oil Price debate

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Jawwad

(Guest post by Agnes Paul) A.1     Preface Given the current uncertainty in the future direction of crude oil prices, there is an interesting debate going on about where prices are likely be in 3 to 6 months time. There are two schools of thought in the market concerning the direction in which the crude oil…

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