by Torsten Dennin (Author)
About the Author
Prof. Dr. Torsten Dennin has a professional investment expertise in commodities of about 15 years. He is head of Asset Management of AM Swiss in Zurich, and founder and CEO of Lynkeus Capital LLC, an investment company focused on commodities and natural resources in Zug, Switzerland. Dr. Dennin is Professor of Economics at EBC Hochschule, University of Applied Sciences, Düsseldorf, and member of Berlin Institute of Finance, Innovation and Digitalization e.V. (BIFID). Furthermore, he teaches regularly at Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) in Germany. Torsten lives with his wife in Switzerland, is author of two books, publishes regularly in industry journals, and is often invited to comment on commodity market events by press and tv.
About this book
Four Centuries of Speculation and Commodity Markets
From Tulips to Bitcoins is a fascinating look at big events in commodity and crypto markets from the Dutch Tulip Mania to Bitcoins today. It covers the Silver Thursday and the Hunt Brothers, the doom of Amaranth Advisors and Brian Hunter, Copper and the Congo, Gold, Rare Earths, Energy Metals, and Bitcoins, which rose from below 1,000 USD to above 20,000 USD within a year. These markets are on a crossroad of investing mega trends like demographics, climate change, electrification, and digitalization. By studying and learning from our past, we can make better decisions about the future. As Benjamin Franklin said, “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
Brief contents
Introduction
1. Tulip Mania: The Biggest Bubble in History (1637)
2. The Dojima Rice Market and the “God of Markets” (1750)
3. The California Gold Rush (1849)
4. Wheat: Old Hutch Makes a Killing (1866)
5. Rockefeller and Standard Oil (1870)
6. Wheat: The Great Chicago Fire (1872)
7. Crude Oil: Ari Onassis’s Midas Touch (1956)
8. Soybeans: Hide and Seek in New Jersey (1963)
9. Wheat: The Russian Bear Is Hungry (1972)
10. The End of the Gold Standard (1973)
11. The 1970s—Oil Crisis! (1973 & 1979)
12. Diamonds: The Crash of the World’s Hardest Currency (1979)
13. “Silver Thursday” and the Downfall of the Hunt Brothers (1980)
14. Crude Oil: No Blood for Oil? (1990)
15. The Doom of German Metallgesellschaft (1993)
16. Silver: Three Wise Kings (1994)
17. Copper: “Mr. Five Percent” Moves the Market (1996)
18. Gold: Welcome to the Jungle (1997)
19. Palladium: More Expensive Than Gold (2001)
20. Copper: Liu Qibing Disappears Without a Trace (2005)
21. Zinc: Flotsam and Jetsam (2005)
22. Natural Gas: Brian Hunter and the Downfall of Amaranth (2006)
23. Orange Juice: Collateral Damage (2006)
24. John Fredriksen: The Sea Wolf (2006)
25. Lakshmi Mittal: Feel the Steel (2006)
26. Crude Oil: The Return of the “Seven Sisters” (2007)
27. Wheat and the “Millennium Drought” in Australia (2007)
28. Natural Gas: Aftermath in Canada (2007)
29. Platinum: All Lights Out in South Africa (2008)
30. Rice: The Oracle (2008)
31. Wheat: Working in Memphis (2008)
32. Crude Oil: Contango in Texas (2009)
33. Sugar: Waiting for the Monsoon (2010)
34. Chocolate Finger (2010)
35. Copper: King of the Congo (2010)
36. Crude Oil: Deep Water Horizon and the Spill (2010)
37. Cotton: White Gold (2011)
38. Glencore: A Giant Steps into the Light (2011)
39. Rare Earth Mania: Neodymium, Dysprosium, and Lanthanum (2011)
40. The End? Crude Oil Down the Drain (2016)
41. Electrification: The Evolution of Battery Metals (2017)
42. Crypto Craze: Bitcoins and the Emergence of Cryptocurrencies (2018)
Outlook: The Dawn of a New Cycle and a New Era
Epilogue
Pages: 348 pages
Publisher: River Grove Books (May 14, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1632992272
ISBN-13: 978-1632992277