The Vadar blog.
Insights on volatility, commodity markets, and the commercial intelligence required to operate with conviction.
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- Commodity volatility
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- Pricing
- Platform
- Buy, make, sell, risk
In the News: How Schreiber Foods Works With Vadar Alpha
Experience Milwaukee sat down with Schreiber Foods CIDO Sri Kantamneni and our CEO Stephen Pounds to talk about how a food manufacturer and a startup founded two years ago work together on pricing, risk and the spread.
It's Never Just Lemons
On paper a lemonade stand is two numbers: what a cup costs and what it sells for. Run one for a summer and neither number holds still, demand swings with the weather, and you are buying lemons today for a crowd that shows up tomorrow. A follow up on the hard part, and a calm way to handle it.
Someone Has to Run the Lemonade Stand
Bill Ackman modeled a lemonade stand to teach finance, and held the two hardest numbers still: what the lemons cost and what a cup sells for. In the businesses that make and move the physical world, those are the numbers that never sit still. A note on why Buy, Sell, and Risk are one income statement, not three departments.
Wield Volatility
In 600 BC, Thales of Miletus made an investment we would now call an option. The idea hasn't changed in 2,600 years. The tools have. A plain note on common sense, a little math, and the trade already sitting in front of your operation.
2025 Annual Community Note
Practical edge, real outcomes. Silicon Valley measures intelligence by test performance. The industrial sector recognizes it by the delivery of a result. Our note to the community on a year of building Commercial Intelligence.