Structure and Deadline

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KTC PRESENTATION & PRIMER REPORT

*Primer should be a report version of your KTCpresentation. The only difference is point 3 TRADE, it is to

be excluded from the presentation but included in report.

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1.Description of the commodity

. a) What it is, what it is mainly used for, what variants/grades isit found in, details on those variants/grades (majorones) (Do not go into great detail for its uses in this section.Leave some for ‘Demand’ analysis)

. b) Processes involved (Refining, end products etc.)

. c) Contractual specifications (Density for crude oil, Moisturelevel, tolerance limits etc.) and their meanings

. 2.Demand and Supply

a. Major demand centers for the commodity

i. What are the demand factors?

ii. Top few importers and consumers (Countries) (Note:Importers and Consumers may be different)

iii.Geographical distribution of demand iv. Current demand levels& Future demand levels

b.Major supply regions

i. What factors influence growth of the commodity, inhibit/prohibittrade E.g. export/import laws

ii. Top few exporters and producers (Countries)



NOTE:

Brief description of the commodity should be kept minimum (Max

5-10 mins per presentation) Focus should be on current events

and market forecast (Refer to sections

below)

c. Industry Overview

i. Main players (Main producing or mining or consumingcompanies, main traders etc.)

ii. Transportation (What vessels, routes, railroads mainly used)

iii. Distribution

3. Trade

a. Major exchanges for the commodity

b. Most actively traded benchmarks (E.g. WTI, Brent for Oil,Platts IODEX for Iron Ore etc.) (Note: Discuss how it bringsabout price discovery) (If possible, discuss briefly the

methodology behind these indices)

c. Derivatives and Financial Instruments (eg. Swaps, futures,options)

d. Brief introduction on trading strategies relevant to yourcommodity (eg. Trading crack spread for crude oil)

4. Price Trends & News

a. Observe trends from historical news (need not be that recent)and resulting price movements (eg. China GDP and IndustrialProduction Rates affect steel and iron ore prices)

b. Short term and Long term forecast in the future



• What is YOUR view on the future of the supply and demand ofthe commodity?

• Briefly mention how it might affect price in short term and long

term

• Note: Back it up with news and reports and discuss the impacts

of such shifts in S&D

DEADLINES & ADDITIONAL INFO(IMPORTANT!) Review of Draft (80% of content to be

completed) – Week 4, Monday 26th Jan 2015

To be submitted and/or discussed with Research DirectorsSlides and Primers to be emailed to Gabriel and Noshir

Both slides and primers to be 100% completed end of week4, Friday 30 th Jan 2015

-- Know Thy Commodity Presentation – Week 5, Friday

6th Feb 2015

NOTE: Limit your presentations to 20 minutes

Primer (Report format) – Sent out to students on Week 10,Friday 13th Mar 2015

NOTE: No page limit but do try to be succinct andinformative with graphs and pictures



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