One major drag is that its cost of producing polysilicon is well below the spot price.
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Hedge funds do gain access to the spot price via futures or physical, too.
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Also, Goldman points out that energy stocks are pricing in an oil price below the current spot price.
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These senior miners are now at some of the steepest discounts ever to the spot price of gold.
Silver Eagles costing more than double the spot price of silver is evidence.
If Fortescue's production costs exceed the spot price, it would hardly be the only Australian commodities firm in trouble.
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What is more important, he empowered associates to make on the spot price decisions in order to clinch every possible sale.
Constituents are ranked and chosen by their correlation to the spot price of oil in the quarter preceding the selection day.
If one-year Treasurys yield 0.5% and stocks yield 2.5%, the futures should be priced at an annualized 2% discount to the spot price.
For NAND, spot price remained weak due to sluggish demand compounded by early stage products from geometry migration flowing into the channel market.
Investor frustration regarding the inability of most crude oil ETFs to successfully track the spot price of oil over time is well documented.
Since nuclear-power plants must recoup their high construction costs over decades, they start losing money if the spot price of power falls too low.
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Another name to consider is Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), which is a name that is generally most associated with the spot price of oil.
With crude oil futures markets typically in contango, the funds tend to lose ground to the spot price every time they roll-forward expiring contracts.
The price they paid was either tied to the spot price at the time of delivery or agreed to at the time they formed the contract.
Oil futures have been in contango since mid-May, in contrast to their usual state, known as backwardation, where prices continually drop from the current spot price.
He gave big industrial customers the freedom to buy electricity under contract from the cheapest provider, or directly from the national grid at a spot price.
You will probably prevail in Tax Court if you keep it simple and make sure the option strikes aren't too close to the stock's spot price.
The underlying Solactive Global Oil Equities Index tracks the performance of 25 equal-weighted companies that have shown a high correlation to the spot price of oil.
Historically, iron ore prices have been relatively stable and most contracts have been annual contracts that were generally priced based on the average spot price in the previous year.
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Reports this week have said there are shortages of gold bars and coins in some countries, with gold retailers jacking up their charged premiums over the spot price of gold.
In 2011, the main indices for senior gold mining stocks were down over fifteen percent, compared to the spot price of the metal, which had appreciated ten percent for the year.
This resulted in a decline in the spot price.
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Uranium is not traded in an exchange, but two firms, the UxC Consulting Company and TradeTech, have developed spot price indexes which have come to be accepted by the industry.
Citigroup estimates that the spot price is below the production costs for 15% of copper producers, 25% of aluminium producers, 50% of zinc producers, 30% of nickel producers and 10% of iron-ore producers.
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The difference between the normally lower futures price and the spot price is an insurance premium the farmer is willing to pay to guarantee himself the September price, when he can deliver his crop.
The iShares Silver Trust ETF (NYSE: SLV), which is very closely correlated to the spot price of silver, has surged nearly 22% in the last month, and more than 100% in the last year.
As the price of senior gold mining stocks and gold bullion have diverged, the enterprise value per ounce of gold reserves held by gold miners is at a historically steep discount to the spot price of gold.
The benefit of this is that you gain exposure to commodities, the long-term trends, because ultimately these contracts will roll over, without having to be right short-term on the spot price of commodities, which is an extremely difficult game.
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