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Aerospace mothballs

Posted by Tracy Alloway on Apr 16 16:20. Comment.

Ahead of Boeing’s results on April 22, we thought this chart might be instructive. Click to enlarge.

That’s the number of aircraft in temporary storage. The increase in late 2008/early 2009 is startling — and much worse than in the previous down cycle, More…

More than you (may) need to know about commodities hedging

Posted by Gwen Robinson on May 14 10:51. Comment.

With the prices of energy and other commodities hitting historic highs, companies around the world are making the hedging of their energy commodities exposures a top strategic priority.

That is generating a bonanza for the relative handful of investment banks and other dealers that have made a specialty of OTC commodity derivatives, More…