Dissertation Proposal

By:
Swapnil Edlabadkar
091351
 Commodity Markets
• Commodity Market: A Commodity market is
market where raw or primary goods are
traded.
• Commodity price fluctuate according to the
demand and supply of various commodities.
• Introduction commodity Derivatives and
hedging
• Project Title: Analysis of trend and price
determination mechanism for crude oil in the
commodities Market of India.
• Research Problem: To forecast the futures
price for commodity like crude oil and to
develop a model and to study the various
price trends as well as the impact of
fluctuations in prices on industry as well as the
economy of India.
 Research Objectives
• Study of price determination mechanism for
crude oil and factors affecting it.
• Trend Analysis and forecast for futures prices
for crude oil to facilitate various traders and
investors in the commodity market.
• Effect of fluctuation in prices of crude oil on
the economy.
 Research Methodology
• Analysis of various Literature relevant to the
topic.
• Studying various factors which affect the
crude oil prices.
• Collection of past data through secondary
sources.
• Data Analysis and application of suitable
forecasting model.
 Final Report Chapter plan
• Chapter 1: Introduction to commodities and
commodity market.
• Chapter 2: Fundamental and technical analysis
of commodity market.
• Chapter 3: Collection and Analysis of data.
• Chapter 4: Development of a suitable
forecasting model.
• Chapter 5: Outcomes of the research.