Costless Collars - Energy Hedging Friend or Foe?
As has been the case many times in the past and certainly will be many times in the future, the debate regarding the advantages and disadvantages of...
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How to Reduce Basis Risk by Hedging with Options - Part II
A few weeks ago, in a post titled How to Reduce Basis Risk by Hedging with Options - Part I, we looked at how a large fuel consumer, such as an...
Hedging Energy Risk with Price Targets: A Losing Proposition?
In our role as energy hedging advisors, we regularly receive inquires from companies who have had a difficult time, if not worse, in producing...
The Key Elements of a Successful Energy Hedging Program
Since the NYMEX introduced the heating oil futures contract in 1978, energy consumers, producers, marketers, refiners and processors have had the...
How to Reduce Basis Risk by Hedging with Options - Part I
As readers of our blog are well aware, we spend a lot of time analyzing and discussing basis relationships and the accompanying risk. While it's...
Mercatus Energy Advisors Most Popular Posts of The Year
2012 was a wild year in the energy markets. To celebrate the new year (yes, we're well aware that we're a few weeks behind), we decided to look back...
What Do You Need To Know About Energy Hedging & Risk Management?
As our blog approaches its third anniversary, we want to know what aspects of energy hedging and risk management you want us to cover, and from what...
Beware of Energy Derivative Marketers Promising Cash
In recent weeks we've been asked by several clients to review potential transactions which have been proposed to them by their counterparties. The...
Upcoming Energy Risk Management Events & Recent Articles
If you haven't perused our website recently, you may have missed the following: May 23rd & 25th Mike Corley will be delivering presentations on base...