Category: Commodity Chemicals
Super Bowl rings, Olympic gold medals, and big data
But there’s a less glamorous reason as well: data analytics. Let’s look at two recent sports success stories: the Philadelphia Eagles & the Netherlands’ Olympic speed skating medal sweep. Nick Foles and the Eagles are still enjoying the accolades of winning a Super Bowl, and they’re also giving credit to...
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Why Cinderella is hard to pick in March madness & commodity markets
And a million more inspiring stories about players, and coaches, and teams that find greatness during the tournament. It’s called March Madness because anything can happen. Which means, not only can the unexpected underdogs make a Cinderella run deep into March, but the inverse is true also — sometimes the...
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Whether You Call It Trading or Not, Your Company is Taking Market Positions
Introduction: Market Risk at Commodities-Driven Companies When an investor buys a stock, she is taking a position, placing a bet on the stock’s value going up so that she can sell it later for a profit. In commodities industries like food processing and mining, many executives see their companies solely...
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Humans or Machines: Which makes better decisions?
Experts agree the amount of damage done was relatively minor, but the episodes reopened the issue of whether we have grown too dependent on technology, specifically, automation that makes important decisions for us. There’s no doubt automation is a boon in many respects. From next-day package delivery to ATMs to...
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Restructuring Sales Territories
Restructuring Sales Territories (more…)
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