by DamienW | 21 Dec 2020 | Blog, Commodity trading
Here is my short thesis, which I’m currently executing on. Part 1 : Monetary Tabula Rasa Our entire economic system relies on the fact that asset prices have to rise. Pension, Insurances, Rates, everything is built on the premise that prices have to go up. ...
by DamienW | 4 Oct 2020 | Blog, Commodity trading
For the last year or so, I’ve been heavily involved with all kinds of small-scale commodity producers ( by small scale, I mean roughly less than 250’000 USD net profit per year) To give you an idea, I dabble with two dozen commodities or commodity-like...
by DamienW | 26 Sep 2020 | Blog, Commodity trading, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-)
The other day I was speaking with one of our SACA students that just finished his study and was about to start to find a job in the commodity industry. I was doing my usual spiel: the competition is fierce out there if you want to find a job in commodity trading,...
by DamienW | 7 Jun 2020 | Blog, Commodity trading
Commodity prices tend to go through extended periods of boom and bust, known as supercycles. A supercycle is characterized by a prolonged period of rising commodity prices, supported by population growth and infrastructure expansion. As you can see from the below...
by DamienW | 1 Feb 2020 | Blog, Commodity trading, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), Trading companies
The general public barely understands the difference between a trader and a broker. For good reasons! When you watch famous movies such as Wall Street, Boiler Room, the Wolf of Wall Street, the uneducated viewers will tell you that those are movies about...
by DamienW | 7 Jul 2019 | Blog, Commodity trading, Conversation, Tips to get in the shipping & commodity biz :-), Trading companies
The salary and bonus is the most critical part of a trade life. If you want to become a commodity trader, you are money-driven. Let’s be honest, I’ve never heard any of my fellow trader friends say: “Oh, I would do this job even if I...
