Commodity trading management
Lecturer to be advised
6 points
* One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week
*
First semester
* Peninsula
* Prerequisite: MKT2761
Objectives On completion of this subject students should be aware of the different types of risks facing agribusiness managers; understand the principles underlying the establishment of risk management policies; understand the operations of futures and options markets in Australia and overseas; use forward contracts, futures and options to manage price risks.
Synopsis Commodities compared with branded products; factors influencing commodity prices; futures markets; agricultural price instability - causes, effects, methods of price stabilisation; commodity price forecasting - fundamental and technical approaches; trading profitability and risk management.
Assessment Assignments (3000 words): 30%
* Management game: 15%
* Examination (3 hours): 55%
Prescribed texts
Chafin D and Hoepner P Commodity marketing from a producer's perspective Interstate Publishers, 1989
| Published by Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
3168 Copyright © Monash University 1996 - All Rights Reserved - Caution Authorised by the Academic Registrar December 1996 |