Streams & Floods: The Geology of Running Water â¢ Earth is unique in that it is the only place in our solar system that contains streams of running water. â Mars may have had streams in the past. â¢ Flood â an event during which the volume of water in a stream/river exceeds the streams normal limits. â¢ Runoff â Water that flows on the
January 20, 2010. Hahn Loeser represents POET, LLC, a $5 billion, privately held company headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota that is the world's largest producer and manufacturer of ethanol and related biofuel products.
so he short hedges by selling 52 july ethanol futures contracts a contract is for a railcar of 29000 gallons at $ 1 25 gallon by the last week of june both cash and futures prices have fallen on july 1 when the producer sells physical ethanol to the local terminal the price he receives is $ 1 15 gals a result the hedger sold ethanol for cash on the forward market at $ 1 25 lost 10 cents on the futures position so it was as if he sold the commodity for $ 1 15 again this was a hedge not a primary position let s say the ethanol producer believed that prices would hold up through july and perhaps gain a little