Discuss how, in your opinion, commodity financialisation has affected the relation between spot and futures prices for commodities?

Summarise the views presented in the two above research articles and link them to the views that financial industry holds about the effects of commodity financialisation for investment opportunities.
In the light of what you have learned in this course so far (especially of the Theory of Normal Backwardation and Theory of Storage), discuss how, in your opinion, commodity financialisation has affected the relation between spot and futures prices for commodities?

Describe the components a 3-variance analysis for the organization. Explain each component.

Describe the components a 3-variance analysis for the organization. Explain each component.
What value(s) can a healthcare administrator control for?
What value does the variance analysis provide to the organization?
If you are the CFO, what questions would you ask? What is your primary concern with regard to the variance report?
What action plan might you put in place to address the variance?

What are other important points related to capital budgeting that you might cite from the article?

Use the Shapiro Library database to locate a scholarly article on postcompletion auditing processes. Concentrate on articles describing different industries, different countries, or different companies and how they use or adopt PCA when making capital budgeting decisions. In your initial post, you can address the following guiding questions:

What article did you select, and why did you select it?
How does the article describe and analyze PCAs?
Why do companies use PCAs?
How do PCAs impact the company’s future capital budgeting decisions?
What are other important points related to capital budgeting that you might cite from the article?
Was your article structured around a foreign market? What are the differences/parallels to American PCAs?

Examine agency costs and different ways to minimize them in order to maximize shareholder value.

For this discussion you will examine agency costs and different ways to minimize them in order to maximize shareholder value.

As you discovered in this module’s reading, agency costs are the result of managing the relationship and resolving differences between the shareholders and management, especially when there is a conflict of interest. Craft an initial discussion post in which you suggest effective ways to minimize agency costs, other than compliance with regulatory agencies.