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Potato futures soar 700% in less than a month on Iran war speculation
(www.euronews.com)
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this post was submitted on 11 May 2026
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Basically a cash settled futures contract
Idk why it's considerably more fucked up but I'm guessing maybe because there's no physical delivery it serves even less of a purpose for people hedging their physical goods and just blatant financial speculation on prices of goods?