In Hedging 201 we would like to take things a little farther, exploring important topics like understanding market spreads and how using different financial tools can benefit your business. The first topic we will explore is – forward curve structure.
Beyond Expectations is a new series exploring the business benefits of unreasonable hospitality. Inspired by Will Guidara’s book, Unreasonable Hospitality – The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect, this series will highlight how harnessing hospitality can be transformative for your business.
Committed to clean, green, affordable energy, Costa Rica is an important consumer of LPG in Central America. With no significant oil or gas production, the country is dependent on imports. These imports make it possible for Costa Rica to move toward fuels that have less impact on the environment.
In our Hedging 101 series, our goals were to provide information about hedging in a way that "Kept Things Simple", while also providing the building blocks to understand basic hedging concepts in action. This post reviews some terms and concepts we’ve covered in this series, and gives a brief overview of where we want to go next with hedging!
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Hedging 101 has discussed many different strategies to protect against risk, including prebuy, fixed price products, and futures contracts. In this post, we want to look at how financial swaps can reduce risk when a fuel distributor is using a financial hub product.
Chile’s emerging energy market is heavily dependent on imports. The country’s increasing demands for LPG in residential and commercial sectors, plus their growing demand for Autogas have set up a situation where the country is extremely sensitive to global market dynamics. This country’s emerging energy market could impact the global propane market in the coming years.
Hedging 101 has discussed using different strategies like prebuy and fixed price products to protect against risk. In this post, we want to talk about another strategy – futures contracts. Come with us as we look at how using a financial hub product plus basis can help you navigate some of the risks of the fuel industry.
Chile is a large energy consumer that is heavily dependent on imports to meet their energy needs. A continuous decline in the amount of oil and gas produced domestically, combined with an increase in demand for LPG have created an emerging energy market that could significantly impact the global propane markets in the coming years.
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Westlark Advisors has taken the burden of the everyday supply logistics off our plate and allowed us to focus on our operations in the critical times of the year. They have educated our team along the way and helped us brainstorm options/risks that fit our business model. Westlark Advisors has allowed the Tevis organization to explore opportunities within the supply and hedging arena that we would not have been exposed to without the relationship.
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They not only taught us how to plan and diversify our supply, but also new ways to protect the price. They have been great at negotiating supply deals and putting plans in place to know we will be secure when the market is not. I am confident that if things get tight we will be in a better position than our competitors.
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