Commodities trading

Madcap antics: The Pentecost Papers, by Ferdinand Mount, reviewed

2 August 2025 9:00 am

Hapless Dickie Pentecost is drawn into a consortium involved in short-selling scams disguised as environmental activism in the Amazon

Great creator and sharer of wealth? Maybe, but Mr Rich was also a terrible role model

6 July 2013 9:00 am

Marc Rich, the godfather of global commodity trading who died last week, ‘deserves credit as one of the greatest creators…