Tag Archives: Price Risk Management

Perspectives on PRM, part 1: Ed Canty – “risk management is everyone’s business”

2015-09-28 Comments Off on Perspectives on PRM, part 1: Ed Canty – “risk management is everyone’s business”

A few days ago, I wrote about the need for producers to manage their exposure to price.  Let’s start with a disclosure:  I have no formal financial training.  However, my work with the coffee sector, I recognize that my focus has been on mitigating the risks on the production side – climate change, diseases – […]

In a time of $1.15 coffee, price risk management is of paramount importance

2015-09-23 Comments Off on In a time of $1.15 coffee, price risk management is of paramount importance

My mother is a first generation immigrant. She came to the United States with my father and three small children in the mid-1980s from the Philippines.  Like many first generation immigrants, she knows the value of a dollar and she rarely pays retail price for anything. A coupon or a sale can always be found. […]