commodity
Let an agent explain commodities and their kinds, relay how commodity markets, grades and pricing work from economics and industry sources, describe commodity chemicals and energy products, and distinguish commodities from differentiated products, securities and the Marxian sense of commodity, without giving personal investment advice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain commodities and their kinds, relay how commodity markets, grades and pricing work from economics and industry sources, describe commodity chemicals and energy products, and distinguish commodities from differentiated products, securities and the Marxian sense of commodity, without giving personal investment advice.
A basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other goods of the same type, so that units are treated as equivalent regardless of producer, including primary commodities such as crude oil, natural gas, metals and agricultural products, and commodity chemicals and petrochemical products such as middle distillates and associated petroleum gas produced at scale to standard specifications; commodities are traded on spot and futures markets with standardised grades, and in economics the term also denotes any marketable good.
What it is for: Not applicable; a category of goods.
It can be explain the concept and kinds; relay markets and pricing; describe commodity chemicals and energy products; distinguish related senses.
Distinguishing features
Fungibility
Standard grades
Market pricing
Bulk production
What it looks like
Not a visible object as a category; bulk goods such as oil, grain and metals.
Physical character
major exchanges: CME, ICE, LME list
benchmark crudes: Brent, WTI list
How it is recognised
Interchangeable basic good
Primary commodities, commodity chemicals, petrochemical products, middle distillates, associated petroleum gas
Branded products are differentiated; securities are financial claims; the Marxian commodity is a theoretical concept
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is traded on - in spot and futures form
is priced by - grades such as Brent
is contrasted with - with brand value
In practice
Families and kinds
energy commodities such as crude oil, natural gas, associated petroleum gas and refined products including middle distillates
metals and minerals
agricultural commodities
commodity chemicals and petrochemical products
soft commodities such as coffee and cotton
commodity as any marketable good in economics
Standards and regulation
Exchange contract specifications and grading standards
Commodity market regulation such as the CFTC and MiFID rules
Product specifications such as ASTM fuel standards
Failure modes and hazards
Agents giving personal investment advice
Confusing commodities with commodity derivatives
Mixing the economic and Marxian senses
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.commodity
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a commodity is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a commodity, and how does fungibility distinguish it from differentiated products and securities? definition
- Is the question about commodities in general, a specific commodity, markets, or a personal investment decision the model does not advise on? boundary
Kinds
Kinds.
Kinds
Kinds.
- What are energy, metal, agricultural and soft commodities, and what are commodity chemicals and petrochemical products? definition
- Which entry fits the specific commodity? action
Markets Markets and pricing.
Sources.
Trading
Trading.
Trading
Trading.
- How do spot and futures markets, exchanges and benchmarks price commodities? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Grades
Grades and specifications.
Grades
Grades.
- How are grades and specifications set for crude oil, middle distillates, metals and grains? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Industry Production and chemicals.
Application.
Energy
Energy products.
Energy
Energy.
- How are associated petroleum gas and straight-run middle distillates produced and used? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific product? action
Chemicals
Commodity chemicals.
Chemicals
Chemicals.
- What are commodity chemicals, and how do they differ from specialty chemicals? provenance
- Which entry fits commodity chemicals? action
Context Economics and theory.
Context.
Economics
Economics.
Economics
Economics.
- How do commodity cycles, supercycles and dependence affect economies, with analyses attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits commodity dependence? action
Theory
Theoretical senses.
Theory
Theory.
- What is the commodity in Marxian and classical economics, and how does commoditisation apply to products? provenance
- Which entry fits commodity (Marxism)? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should commodity market and commodity chemical be separate primary entries?
- How should economics and industry sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific products and a print term; should they be split off?