Markets: A Rigorous Course

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M10 Commodities: gold, silver, crude 27

  1. P1 Storage as a rupee cost ★ Check
  2. P2 No lower bound, and the inventory holder's bound ★★
  3. P3 A two-period storage equilibrium ★★ Check
  4. P4 Implied convenience yield ★ Check
  5. P5 Roll yield with a moving curve ★★ Check
  6. P6 The index investor's year ★★ Check
  7. P7 Hotelling with linear demand ★★ Check
  8. P8 Gold's duration ★★ Check
  9. P9 The May 2026 duty hike ★ Check
  10. P10 Refining the parity ★★ Check
  11. P11 Decomposing the 2026 rupee gold move ★★ Check
  12. P12 Half-life: estimate, bias, interval ★★★ Check
  13. P13 Reading ADF output ★★
  14. P14 Crack spread and a refiner hedge ★ Check
  15. P15 Black-76 on an MCX silver option ★★ Check
  16. P16 Case analysis: negative WTI on MCX ★★★ Check
  17. P17 Case analysis: gold in March 2026 ★★
  18. P18 Case analysis: the Hormuz convenience yield ★★ Check
  19. P19 Reading a COT line ★ Check
  20. P20 Who is on the other side? ★★ Check
  21. P21 The seasonal FF-test ★★ Check
  22. P22 Three commodities, 36 months ★★ Check
  23. P23 Roll gaps in a continuous series ★★ Check
  24. P24 Festival demand: where should it show up? ★★★
  25. P25 Sizing silver for a ₹10 lakh account ★ Check
  26. P26 A margin hike on an existing position ★ Check
  27. P27 CTT against STT, and the cost of exercise ★★ Check

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