QUOTE(Pink Spider @ Mar 12 2014, 03:24 PM)
And I don't understand plantations biz at all...CPO...what makes them go up/down...

at least packaging...consumer products...resilient stuff, everybody wraps their hotdogs
Hotdogs

CPO price track soybean price in return track crude oil price.
Usually CPO sells at some discount to soybean price, some time the gap can become compressed and sometimes widen. This is a tell tale sign of the upcoming movements of CPO. As a investor you can use this 'discount' to more or less determine the future price of CPO. This one is a trade 'secret'.
For example when CPO is at RM 2,300/ton recently the gap between the palm and soy oil is at all time high and it is not sustainable, so now it is rapidly closing the gap, but it might overshoot in the future and revert.
Also CPO price is affected by world food/biodiesel supply/demand and CPO stock level. Stock low then price high, stock high then price low. Currently due to hot weather CPO stock at multi year low.
Remember even how also ...
CPO is the CHEAPEST edible oil on earth, and even then plantation often enjoy 30-50% margins because the cost of production is still very low compared to other edible oil. This position will not be challenged anytime soon.
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Warning CPO bull is talking, take everything above with a grain of salt.
Anyway there is a lot lot lot lot more to CPO pricing and plantation profit, will explain more when got time
This post has been edited by gark: Mar 12 2014, 03:36 PM