Michael Kapoor
Analysis and FeaturesWhy do short sellers like grocery?
Ocado, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have all been heavily targeted by short selling hedge funds. Does this point to fundament…
Analysis and FeaturesCurrency swings so extreme that hedging is a crapshoot
Inflation and soaring commodity costs are forcing more producers to try to hedge against currency fluctuations – with mixed results, says Michael Kapoor
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Boiling point: commodities speculators turn up the heat
The food price pressure cooker is being stoked with record amounts of speculative cash as financial players move to make a killing in commodities. Add poor harvests and soaring demand to the entry and exit of speculators’ money and the markets are fit to burst. Michael Kapoor reports