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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to europe@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months ago

Potato futures soar 700% in less than a month on Iran war speculation

www.euronews.com

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Potato futures soar 700% in less than a month on Iran war speculation

www.euronews.com

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to europe@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months ago
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Potato-linked financial contracts have risen over 700% in a few weeks, despite a current oversupply in Europe, due to speculative trading surrounding the volatile environment caused by the Iran war.
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      Not futures, CFDs, considerably more fucked up. Don’t think CFDs are even legal in the US.

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          Basically a cash settled futures contract

          Idk why it’s considerably more fucked up but I’m guessing maybe because there’s no physical delivery it serves even less of a purpose for people hedging their physical goods and just blatant financial speculation on prices of goods?

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          you bet on whether price go up or down

          if right you pocket the difference

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      To be fair this has been around a long while

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