Also, cocoa investments may not be as liquid as other commodities markets, such as those for oil or gold. That means it can be harder to sell a losing position or more difficult to buy into the ...

Issouf Sanogo / AFP / Getty Images) The price of cocoa has been hitting all-time highs this year as bad weather hurts crops. Institutional investors can buy cocoa futures to bet on cocoa ...

They just cut it, remove the husks that protect the beans and then sell it directly," said Frank Ndinyoka Kabeya, a cocoa ...

Mondelēz International, for example, recently projected a 10% reduction in adjusted earnings per share (EPS) this year, largely due to cocoa market instability. The futures market allows businesses to ...

The government has also approved a review of the buyers’ margin to GH¢2,980.00 per tonne for the rest of the 2023/24 cocoa season. This increase is expected to cushion the LBCs against the ...

and Systematica had tried to get coffee to mimic the incredible rally of cocoa, which is up 80% in the year to date, but funds grew too long, and the market ran out of buyers and crashed ...

Cocoa farmers in Tanzania walked away smiling this year, after its exports earning more than doubled this year, which is indicating good potential prospects for the chocolates making crop. Latest data ...

"ICE is not providing an orderly market for buyers and sellers," said Brannigan, noting that the cocoa futures market is no longer providing price transparency or helping companies to hedge risks.

a cocoa buyer and a member of the Union of Traders of Agricultural Products in Congo. Unwary buyers risk being stopped by police. But checks are lax in a country where corruption is endemic ...