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Tracey Alloway

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417 total appearances

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The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

I'm not sure I'm pronouncing that right, but the stuff that comes from poison ivy, which I am currently suffering from.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

So this is, yeah, this is interesting to me.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Just going back to collateral, you know, one of the tropes or jokes that often gets brought up in commodities markets, it's like I put on a physical oil trade and like, oh, no, now I'm going to actually settle and take delivery of like 50 barrels of oil in my studio apartment or something like that.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

If you're in commodity finance, is taking delivery of actual collateral, like, is it a disaster for you the way it is for other investors?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Or is it kind of that's what it's there for?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

These are all collateralized loans.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Interesting.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

I don't know when this particular episode is coming out.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

We're recording on May 27th.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

But very soon at our live show, we will have an episode dedicated to hearing from one company that is trying to create a compute exchange and futures market, basically.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

So that'll be interesting.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Do commodity financiers, do they have good insight into like trends in commodity prices just by virtue of being able to see like actual supply and demand on the ground?

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

So you've mentioned... Now we're just doing hypothetical futures markets.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

I've never heard of that.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

I have to try that.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

No, no.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

It sounds like Texas A&M propaganda.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

And I've got big onion growing plans.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

Oh, my God.

Odd Lots
The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

All right.