This study explores the financialization of agricultural commodities, focusing on how financial derivatives and index funds impact the volatility of agro-food markets. Using a Dynamic Conditional Correlation (DCC) GARCH model, we analyze volatility spillovers among key agricultural commodities,...

On April 20, 2020, the crude oil benchmark in North America, the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures contract for delivery in Cushing, Oklahoma, settled below zero for the first time in history. We combine new empirical evidence with a stylized theoretical model to show that a key catalyst was...

Part I: Fundamentals and Pricing of Options and Futures -- Chapter 1. Fundamentals of options -- Chapter 2. The Black-Scholes model incl. the Greeks -- Chapter 3. Fundamentals and pricing of futures -- Part II: Option strategies -- Chapter 4. Basic strategies with options and bullish option...

Hedging being a predominant financial concern, is considered as a robust method of managing investment risks. Literature evinces that the covered call strategy provides nominal returns alongside effective hedging. However, studies have not compared the hedging effectiveness of covered call,...