Chocolate aficionados often discuss the percentage of cacao in their dark chocolate, saying the higher the better. But how ...

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 ...

Here, The State flexes its full muscle and enjoys an almost monopoly over the marketing and export of cocoa [PNDC Law 81, Under S.4 (6)] In particular, the State determines the producer price of cocoa ...

NEW YORK: Hershey Co is asking the top US derivatives regulator for permission to buy a huge amount of cocoa through the New York exchange after global shortages sent prices to a record ...

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 ...

They just cut it, remove the husks that protect the beans and then sell it directly," said Frank Ndinyoka Kabeya, a cocoa buyer and a member of the Union of Traders of Agricultural Products in Congo.

"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.