Jay Kindred

Jay joined Czarnikow full time in 2021 following a one year internship in 2019. As an intern he focused on the development of tools and dashboards to advance effective communication of data throughout the business and to clients. Jay is currently responsible for analysis of the European sugar sector, alongside contributing premium reports for Czapp and presenting our current market view to clients. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Bath.

Ask The Analyst: Your Questions From Our Q3 2023 Sugar Market Webinar

  • In this week’s Ask the Analyst we answer some of the questions posed during our recent global sugar market webinar.
  • If you would like to watch the webinar recording, please follow this link.
  • We plan to run our next webinar in Q4 and look forward to seeing you there.

Jay Kindred

7 months ago

3 min read

Sugar Futures and Market Data: 7th August 2023

  • Refined sugar prices make gains, whilst raw sugar prices slide over the last week.
  • Refined sugar speculators add to their long positions for the 4th week in a row.
  • Meanwhile raw sugar speculators are at their most neutral since December last year.

Jay Kindred

9 months ago

2 min read

Sugar Statshot: Global Sugar Deficit Again in 2023/24

  • Global sugar production is expected to be the second highest on record in 2023/24.
  • Yet growing consumption will mean a production deficit for the second season in a row.
  • Production in Thailand, a top 5 producer, is expected to be the worst in a decade in 2023/24.

Jay Kindred

9 months ago

2 min read

Sugar Futures and Market Data: 31st July 2023

  • Raw and refined sugar futures prices weakened last week, following two weeks of gains.
  • Sugar speculators extended their long positions in the week until July 25th.
  • The refined sugar net spec position is now the highest since April.

Jay Kindred

9 months ago

2 min read

Ask The Analyst: Your Questions from Our Recent Sugar Market Webinar

  • In this week’s Ask the Analyst we answer some of the questions posed during our recent global sugar market webinar.
  • If you would like to watch the webinar recording, please follow this link.
  • We plan to run our next webinar in Q3 and look forward to seeing you there.

Jay Kindred

11 months ago

4 min read

The Sugar Futures Contracts

Welcome to the third and final instalment of Czapp’s course on the futures markets.

In this final part of this series, we will look into the futures contracts used to trade sugar globally.

Jay Kindred

1 year ago

7 min read

Czapp Explains: The Sugar Futures Contracts

Welcome to the third and final instalment of Czapp’s course on the futures markets.

In this final part of this series, we will look into the futures contracts used to trade sugar globally.

Jay Kindred

1 year ago

7 min read

How Futures Markets Are Used

Welcome to the second instalment of Czapp’s course on the futures markets.

In the first episode we looked at what futures markets are and what goes into a futures contract. In this second episode we look into how futures markets are used to facilitate global trade and how they can be used as an instrument to speculate on commodity prices.

Jay Kindred

1 year ago

7 min read

Czapp Explains: How Futures Markets Are Used

Welcome to the second instalment of Czapp’s course on the futures markets.

In the first episode we looked at what futures markets are and what goes into a futures contract. In this second episode we look into how futures markets are used to facilitate global trade and how they can be used as an instrument to speculate on commodity prices.

Jay Kindred

1 year ago

7 min read