International Commodity Trading Physical and Derivative Markets

While there are many guides to commodity trading on the market, until now, there were none that provided readers with the invaluable insight and expertise that comes with a comprehensive understanding of how the markets are structured and the complex interrelationships that exist between the physical producers, dealers, distributors, and industrial users of the various commodities, the financial professionals involved in trading on futures or derivatives in those commodities, and the underlying economy.

<B>EPHRAIM CLARK</B> is Professor of Finance at Middlesex University, London with extensive teaching experience in Europe and the USA. He is Founding Editor of the <I>European Journal of Finance</I>, Co-Editor of Treasury Affairs and Associate Editor of the <I>International Journal of Finance</I>. The author of four books and over 50 articles in academic and professional journals in the field of international risk management, he also has extensive experience in private business and as a consultant.