by DamienW | 12 Feb 2019 | Blog, Commodity trading, Trading companies
The ebbs and flows of sugar trading If you have been subscribed to our mailing list for a long time, you must all know by now that I’m a big fan of Jonathan Kingsman book “Commodity Conversation”. The other day Mr. Kingsman posted a very interesting article on his...
by DamienW | 27 Nov 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Conversation, Trade finance
Christian Weyer: his name is known only to specialists. Yet it is he who has helped to make Geneva a world trading capital. Still active at age 84, he agreed to speak for the first time. Christian Weyer removes his glasses and mobilizes his intact memory. To tell his...
by DamienW | 7 Nov 2018 | Blockchain, Blog, Commodity trading, Trading companies
Grain trading & Blockchain & AI? I’ll let you read the article and then I’ll give you my 2 cents. Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) (“ADM”), Bunge Limited (NYSE: BG) (“Bunge”), Cargill, Incorporated (“Cargill”), and Louis Dreyfus Company (“LDC”) are...
by DamienW | 22 Sep 2018 | Blockchain, Blog, Trading companies
Trading heavyweights launch their proprietary blockchain A consortium of companies active in commodities announced Wednesday the launch of Komgo (click here). This Geneva start-up is in charge of developing a blockchain platform to facilitate transactions between...
by DamienW | 26 Jul 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Conversation, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), Trade finance, Trading companies
As the first conversation received a ton of good feedback ( thanks again for your emails and comments 🙂 ), here is a new interview with my good friend and also teacher Florian. Yeah… you’ve read it right, he is my friend AND banker 😉 As you may know,...
by DamienW | 16 Jul 2018 | Blog, Commodity trading, Trading companies
Are commodities a zero-sum game? If you have been subscribed to our mailing list for a long time, you must all know by now that I’m a big fan of Jonathan Kingsman book “Commodity Conversation”. The other day Mr. Kingsman posted a very interesting article on his...
