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This article was written by Jim Wiederhold, Commodity Indices Product Manager at Bloomberg. Long-only commodities investment returns can be attributed to spot, curve and carry components. In this blog ...

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NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Platts Fertecon spot physical price assessment of ammonia delivered to Northwest Europe on a cost and freight basis (CFR NWE Ammonia) was selected by ...