ASSIGNMENT

Q.1 Find out the crop year of popular agriculture commodities, like rice, soybean, corn, wheat etc in India. Also find about the crop years for the same commodities in some other parts of the world, and its implications for global prices. Q.2.What are the ad antages of demateriali!ation of warehouse receipts" What are #W$s" Q.%. Assume you bought & contracts for sugar on #'()* on a gi en day. Find out+ a, -he specifications of 'ontract b, (eli ery centres c, Initial .argin re/uired d, If your purchase price was $s 2&00 per /uintal, what is your total e1posure" e, If the price closed at $s 2230 for the day, what is the mark4to market ad5ustment to your margin deposit" Q.2. )1plain some of the ma5or commodity indices of the world. Q.&. 'hoose any 2 commodity indices. .ake a comparison of how they performed o er last & years, calculate their & year 'A6$s and then rank them in ascending order of their 'A6$s. 6i e reasons for the performance of each Inde1. 78int+ In a period when crude oil prices were rising, an inde1 where energy has a hea y weight will do well, Q.9. )1plain the pattern of crude oil prices since 1:;0 Q.;..ap out the spot and future prices for few commodities. )1amine how basis has mo ed o er a period of time, and interpret your findings. Q.3. 6i e a comprehensi e re iew of the gold market and also discuss the impact of demographic change and the changing pattern of wealth distribution on gold demand. Q.:.(iscuss in detail the sugar production cycle in India analy!ing the reasons for this cyclicality. Also point out arious factors that ha e led to ad erse effect on growth of the Indian sugar Industry.