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Investing in commodities
Václavík, Michael ; Drozen, František (advisor) ; Šípek, Ladislav (referee)
The purpose of this bachelor thesis is analysis of selected commodity -- cocoa beans, evaluation of the possibilities of investing in the commodity with focus on the most famous financial derivatives -- futures. The first chapter, so called theoretical part is focused on matters of commodity market -- stock market and its participants, analysis of the market and investment opportunities on the commodities market, especially with futures. The second chapter focuses on the cocoa beans market analysis, the most important participants and with the help of fundamental analysis the most important factors influencing supply and demand for the cocoa beans, their impact on the price development. The conclusion summarizes the basic knowledge and evaluates investment opportunities primarily for the smaller investor.
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Trade with selected commodities with focus on fair trade
Pokorná, Iveta ; Jiránková, Martina (advisor) ; Pavlík, Petr (referee)
Using the example of three commodities and three countries, the purpose of the thesis "Trade with selected commodities with focus on fair trade" is to analyse a chosen commodity market in different states. Focusing on developing countries, the work aims to confirm the validity of theoretical models of the international trade. Moreover, extra attention is paid to the alternative concept of fair trade. The thesis is divided into four chapters with the first giving the theoretical basis for the consequential analysis. The second chapter deals with the fair trade movement, the third part examines the concrete industry in the particular country, and the last chapter studies the consequences of fair trade on producers in the Sub-Saharan region.
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Selected BRICS countries in global commodity markets
Kocháňová, Lucie ; Müller, Štěpán (advisor) ; Taušer, Josef (referee)
Present bachelor's thesis has the aim to analyze particular countries of the BRICS group with regard to their position on the international commodity markets. The countries are the Federative republic of Brazil and Russian federation. For a brief introduction into the problem I shortly describe the origin and functioning of the commodity market and its derivates at the beginning of my work. As next I focus on characterising the BRICS group as a whole, each member's economic situation and the structure of their commodity exchange with the world. In the fundamental parts of thesis I concentrate on commodity facilities of both countries, countrie's specifications, current issues and existing trade between the Czech republic and both states. The issue of reciprocal trade and it's perspectives is further developed in the last chapter.
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Commodity market
Hájková, Markéta ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Melcher, Ota (referee)
This work is focused on the description of the commodity market as a market in which a lot of opportunities are hidden. This market is an attractive investment for obtaining and saving money. The aim is to clarify the attractiveness of commodities to investors and through the historical development to analyze the commodity market in today's society. Another goal is to introduce commodities as instruments, which have become a competitor to other forms of investment (eg shares, bonds or real estate). Based on the findings from the analysis of the history, current market expert and major investors and investment opportunities will be filled with the main objective of the thesis, ie, prediction of future market development of selected commodities - gold, oil, coffee and wheat - in the next decade.
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Evaluation of yield and risk of investment while depositing available financial resources of the company
BÜRGER, Pavel
There are evaluated possibilities in my thesis which the company with enough available financial resources has while investing at commodity markets into the gold, silver and platinum. The thesis briefly describes functions and regulation of exchange including the description of instruments the company can use for investment. Another part of my work is a description of statistical evaluation of price data of commodities. Statistical methods and formulas are also analysed in methodology. Practical part contains evaluation of price development which is also described by means of various mathematical curves. Finale of my work is discovery if and for how long it was worth to invest into gold in years 2000 - 2011. My mental hypothesis that more years investment mean higher year yield rate was disproved. The result says that the long-term investment (12 years) had the lowest year yield rate.
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The impact of speculators on the commodity markets
El-Moussawi, Chadi ; Musílek, Petr (advisor) ; Derner, Tomáš (referee)
In the recent years, there has been growing talk of investing in commodities in the financial markets. In the past, the commodity markets served for purposes of the producers and the end-users of commodities. With gradual innovation of the financial markets in the 19th and 20th century the modern commodity markets evolved and became more standardized. This process was accompanied by the increasing interest of financial speculators. In contrast with the commercial participants, the goal of these new investors in the commodity markets is not to hedge against adverse changes in commodity prices but to profit on the price movements of commodities. The inflow of this group was intensified by the development of new financial instruments enabling these investors to enter the commodity markets. It is undisputable that speculators have positive effect on the markets, by providing liquidity and lowering transaction costs. What remains to be answered is the real effect which the speculators have on the commodity prices, and if their action does not create distortion in the commodity prices. The price development on the commodity markets during the recent financial crisis gives strong arguments in the hands of those accusing the speculators of the negative impact on the commodity prices, which sometimes lead to creation of price bubbles. The goal of this thesis will be the analysis of the effect of speculators on the commodity markets, and if this prejudice is justified.
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Commodities as an investment instrument
Kotálová, Magdalena ; Blahová, Naděžda (advisor) ; Brada, Jaroslav (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to introduce commodities as instruments competing with other forms of investments with respect to oil as an energy commodity. The thesis gives a comprehensive picture of commodity markets including the oil ones. The introduction of theoretical part is generally focused on commodities traded in the world markets. In the commodity market there is described a commodity exchange and investment opportunities with a focus on commodity derivatives. The remaining theoretical part covers the issue of oil which is one of the greatest current risks for global economies growth. In the practical part there is an analysis of oil prices with the characteristics of making oil prices and an analysis of the factors and effects of oil price growth.
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Market analysis of unconventional assets (gold, commodities).
Gáll, Michal ; Musílek, Petr (advisor) ; Jablonský, Petr (referee)
The main intention of this thesis is to provide theoretical and practical insight on commodity markets, specifically on gold and silver markets. The introductory section defines the basic characteristics and relationships between commodity and financial markets.The second section describes in detail the fundamentals of commodity markets. From a view on history, definition and distribution of basic commodities, it specifies the largest operators organizing trade with commodities. The last sub chapter of the second section is a description of the most popular ways of investing in commodities. In the third section, the content of the work reaches its core -- an analysis of the gold market. The first chapter of this section gives a picture of the general determinants of demand, supply and price of gold. The following analytical chapter discusses these essential characteristics from a dynamic perspective -- the development over time. Based on the dependencies and calculations, the work analyzes the rate of return and risk of gold and compares them with alternative investments. Final passage of the third section brings the specific investment opportunities in gold. In particular, for their inclusion in the core group of precious metals, as in the case of gold, the fourth section is devoted to the definition a marginal nature of the silver market.
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Market analysis of non-financial derivatives
Martu, Eugeniu ; Musílek, Petr (advisor) ; Witzany, Jiří (referee)
In long term well-diversified portfolio of commodities is not only profitable as well as a portfolio of stocks, but they are also slightly less risky. Profitability of the portfolio of commodities is negatively correlated with the return of the portfolio of stocks and bonds. This means that commodities are effective in diversifying equity and bond portfolios. And since this yields negative correlation increases with the length of time. The benefits of diversification are greater the longer they are used. Not only that, since the return of the portfolio of commodities depends positively with inflation, commodities are the most appropriate group of assets to protect against inflation.
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Launch of a new brand into commodity market
Haindl, Zbyněk ; Postler, Milan (advisor) ; Cimbálníková, Eva (referee)
My thesis focused on the launch of new brand into commodity markets. Analysing the case study "Nestlé Coffee-mate launch into Czech and Slovak Republics" the thesis created the strategy of entering the market commonly valid for branded goods fighting the increasing power of the private labels. The main goal of the thesis was (not) to recommend Nestlé Česko, s.r.o. to enter Czech and Slovak markets. I made up particular marketing mix studying the commodity market of powdered coffee creamer category in connection with the consumer. Consequently I proposed communication strategy and communication mix. To verify the launch itself I used market test called minimarkets. Minimarkets actually took place at the end of 2008. The market test resulted into my recommendation not to launch Coffee-mate into Czech and Slovak Republic. Key indicators and expectations, so much important for the success of the launch iteself, have not been met during the testing. However, due to the methodologies selected within the thesis, the strategy how to enter the commodity market seems to be applicable onto different commodity categories. Therefore it may be used as a hint during a planning process for new competitive strategies of various brands defending themselves from the private labels.
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