Wheat: When the backup plan has failed
What happened?When
Russia, the world's largest exporter of wheat, attacked
Ukraine, the world's fifth-largest exporter of wheat earlier this year, the world's global food supply chain had a backup plan in place. That plan just fell through.
Over the weekend,
India, the world's second-largest producer of wheat announced it was banning wheat exports last Saturday. So what?In common belief, a
shortage, in the sense of an excess of demand over supply, is then the normal concomitant of a
price rise.
The war is taking a sharp toll on the world's wheat supply.
ETF like
$Teucrium Wheat Fund ETV (WEAT.US)$ has
risen 50% year to date, fueled by severe shortages.
What are people in the market doing?The stock market has been sinking for a while. However, commodities may
perform differently in an inflationary environment, so that's the place where some investors decided to go. Some investors are speculating on wheat prices by trading:
Options Since the supply chain disruptions, "No one can count on their supplies anymore." "So, people are going to hoard. They're going to have to at least accumulate inventories to build in anticipated supply disruptions, which means the demand for commodities is … higher, not for the actual use, but because people can't count on steady supply."
Said Sal Gilbertie, president and CEO of Teucrium
What about you? Do you think it's good to
switch attention to commodities trading under the current market situation?
If you have already been doing this, would you
share your experience with
mooers?
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JKgoPro : worlds like very shortage of food still people keen for war. who actually suffer, the poor
Ayira : here with this sector but it sounds interesting so I'm going to look into it
Ayira JKgoPro : Always unfortunately. Good luck in your financial endeavors.