QUOTE(SKY 1809 @ Nov 22 2009, 09:57 PM)
Trading and hedging are quite diff:-
1) You hedge the costs of your materials ahead ( maybe 1 to 2 years just an example ) . You may just reflect the gain or loss .
2) Trading of oil of in Billion could be volatile and speculative. Even Shell or Esso could lose money by writing off high cost of stocks to market price.
3) Long term Investors prefer Operating Profit than trading ( could be speculative in nature ) and may not in line with the core business.
4) Surprisingly, No forumer had mentioned this kind of trading before.
Just my personal view.
1) Yup, according to the quarterly results, Seraya hedges their fuel because of their fuel requirements. They also do some currency hedges and interest swaps. 1) You hedge the costs of your materials ahead ( maybe 1 to 2 years just an example ) . You may just reflect the gain or loss .
2) Trading of oil of in Billion could be volatile and speculative. Even Shell or Esso could lose money by writing off high cost of stocks to market price.
3) Long term Investors prefer Operating Profit than trading ( could be speculative in nature ) and may not in line with the core business.
4) Surprisingly, No forumer had mentioned this kind of trading before.
Just my personal view.
2) Edit: Corrected my earlier assumption on how oil trading started. A better explanation is in this link.
3) Yes you are right, it's actually quite a new business for them. I believe less than 5 years of trading. Totally unlike utilities.
4) Yup, not much discussion was concentrated on their oil trading business because their yearly report only shows small contributions of profit from the trading. More like a sideline business.
This post has been edited by skiddtrader: Nov 22 2009, 10:27 PM
Nov 22 2009, 10:21 PM

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