Sugar Futures – Talk About a Cereal Killer

Are breakfast cereals getting too expensive? The price of sugar futures may be to blame. Find out, as Sean McGovern, vice president of research at McAlinden Research Partners, Jeff Praissman, IBKR’s senior trading education specialist, and IBKR senior market analyst Steven Levine explore the global economics of the sugar trade, its affects on producer and consumer prices, and its influence on the stocks of certain consumer staples companies. Also, what can traders and investors learn about India’s role as a global exporter? What risks does El Niño pose to the sugar industry? And how much could the next box of your favorite breakfast cereal cost? All this and more as our agricultural commodity series continues…. 

Note: Any performance figures mentioned in this podcast are as of the date of recording (August 28, 2023).