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  1. Mass Commodity ()

    "is sometimes mistaken for" mass "commodities, which refers to some tangible assets, including agricultural products, raw materials, energy and metals, etc. In life, as the basic thing provided by the production and service of goods. The "community" in the commodity of the commodity comes from the meaning of the English BULK STOCK. It refers to the large number of such assets or the large transaction scale, which also involves considerable storage space. Because these commodities are closely related to the consumption of the public and the supply demand is quite large, it can directly affect the income of basic people's livelihood or even a whole country, so it has naturally become a major part of the international trade and financial markets.

    The main commodities are generally divided into four categories:

    Agricultural products -including edible crops (corn, barley, soybeans, cocoa, coffee, orange juice, white sugar) and livestock) Class (thin pig, live cattle, etc.)

    raw materials -including cotton, wood, rubber, etc.

    Energy -including natural gas, crude oil, coal, etc. n Metal -Including basic metals and non -ferrous metals (iron ore, zinc, aluminum, nickel, steel) and precious metals (gold, silver, gold, platinum)

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    In in the financial market, the most commonly traded commodities include gold, silver, crude oil, corn, soybeans, etc. Therefore, most investors think of the oil market and gold market in the commodity market. Among them, of which The oil market is mainly composed of transactions of Brent crude oil (Brent) in Beihai and West Dhargsas intermediate base crude oil (WTI). However, it is also important to pay attention to the natural and lack of timely and timely limit (such as rotten and deterioration) of the commodity. Essence Therefore, a major feature of commodities is that the price fluctuates greatly.

    If commodities are both important, but supply and demand are not stable. Because of this, whether in the market is buyers or sellers, they tend to avoid the risks brought by price fluctuations. Therefore, in the financial market On the way, trading commodities in futures naturally came into being. The purpose was to lock a long -term price and hedge risk.

    It, the Bitcoin, also known as digital currency, virtual currency, etc., has been discussing whether it belongs to the currency for many years. However, the market has tended to define it as one of the commodities, and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched and developed Bitcoin futures transactions, incorporating it into the scope of supervision, and further confirming the status of its goods.

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