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Virtual Barrels: Quantitative Trading in the Oil Market
© 2023, Springer Nature Switzerland The crude oil market is probably one of the most complicated and influential markets in the economy. Being one of the most liquid and most volatile markets amongst commodities and other asset classes, the oil market and its volatility are closely related to macro-economic shocks, recessions, geopolitical shocks, as well as to fundamental factors of the oil market itself.
Hedging pressure and oil volatility: Insurance versus liquidity demands
1 INTRODUCTION It is widely acceptable in industry and academia that hedging pressure (HP) is a key determinant of oil volatility and risk premia.1 The notion of two risk premiums (associated with the traditional hedgers' insurance demands and the short-term liquidity demands from speculators) captured by two distinct measures of HP as established by Kang, Rouwenhorst et al. (2020), mandates the re-examination of the relationship between HP and volatility.
A Hyperbolic Bid Stack Approach to Electricity Price Modelling
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First look at the new settlement rule of Australia's electricity market, has it worked?
You might not realise this when you flick your switch at home, but Australian electricity generators are forever locked in a bidding war. They compete for the right to supply electricity on the spot market. The cheapest bids win and electricity from those generators is supplied, or “dispatched”, to the grid in five-minute intervals. This means that every five minutes, the electricity grid is rebalanced to ensure supply meets demand.
Australia’s five minute settlement rule for electricity markets: Has it worked?
By Christina Nikitopoulos & Muthe Mwampashi When the NEM finally introduced five-minute settlement it was expected to reward cheap, nimble and flexible generators like batteries. But what actually happened? The post Australia’s five minute settlement rule for electricity markets: Has it worked? appeared first on RenewEconomy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Renew Economy (Visited 1 times, 1 visits today) Comments comments
First look at the new settlement rule of Australia's electricity market, has it worked?
You might not realise this when you flick your switch at home, but Australian electricity generators are forever locked in a bidding war. They compete for the right to supply electricity on the spot market. The cheapest bids win and electricity from those generators is supplied, or “dispatched”, to the grid in five-minute intervals. This means that every five minutes, the electricity grid is rebalanced to ensure supply meets demand.
Four ways to stop Australia's surge in rooftop solar from destabilising electricity prices
by Christina Nikitopoulos, Alan Rai, Muthe Mwampashi, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Last year saw Australians install rooftop solar like never before, with 40% more installed in 2021 than in 2020. Solar system installations now make up 7% of the energy going into the national electricity grid.
4 ways to stop Australia's surge in rooftop solar from destabilising electricity prices Original
Last year saw Australians install rooftop solar like never before, with 40% more installed in 2021 than in 2020. Solar system installations now make up 7% of the energy going into the national electricity grid. Alongside the greater uptake of utility-scale solar (such as solar farms), this means cheaper and cleaner electricity is fast becoming a reality, putting the country on track to meet international climate targets.
Mais que s'est-il passé sur le marché du pétrole ?
Nous venons d’assister à un effondrement des prix du pétrole sans précédent, ce qui a entraîné les prix en territoire négatif le 20 avril. Le prix au comptant du West Texas Intermediate (WTI), le type de pétrole utilisé comme standard dans la fixation du prix du brut, a ainsi atteint moins 40,32 dollars américains le baril.
What just happened to the price of oil?
We have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking prices of West Texas Intermediate into deeply negative territory[1]. The spot price of West Texas, the US benchmark, reached minus US$40.32 a barrel and the May futures price (which is deliverable in a physical form) went to minus US$37.63[2] a barrel, the lowest price in the history of oil futures contracts. There has been no better indicator of the extent of the economic impacts of coronavirus.
What just happened to the price of oil?
Energy There is no guarantee the problems of storage evident in the US won’t spread to other markets By Christina Nikitopoulos, Warren Hogan Last Updated: Tuesday 21 April 2020 We have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking prices of West Texas Intermediate into deeply negative territory.
What just happened to the price of oil?
We have just witnessed an oil price crash like never before taking prices of West Texas Intermediate into deeply negative territory. The spot price of West Texas, the US benchmark, reached minus US$40.32 a barrel and the May futures price (which is deliverable in a physical form) went to minus US$37.63 a barrel, the lowest price in the history of oil futures contracts. There has been no better indicator of the extent of the economic impacts of coronavirus.
Karen Gomes - Merrimack Valley Magazine
This spring, Karen Gomes was named president and CEO of the Home Health Foundation. Prior to her appointment, she served at the foundation’s chief clinical officer. Gomes’ undergraduate experience started with finance, management and liberal arts. She eventually changed course and entered the nursing program at New York’s Regents College. In 1994, she earned a master’s degree from UMass Boston. In the 25 years since Gomes began work in the health care industry, much has changed.
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