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    The Hidden Plumbing of Commodity Finance

    Odd Lots · Jun 1, 2026 · 46 min
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    We talk about the commodity supply chain all the time. We talk about the ports and the trucks and the ships and all of that. But there's another dimension to moving commodities all around the world, which is actually paying for it. Who funds the oil tanker and what happens when that tanker is, say, stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? Commodity finance underpins production, transportation and storage…

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