The large inflow of investment capital to commodity futures markets in the past decade has generated a heated debate about whether financialization distorts commodity prices. Rather than focusing on the opposing views concerning whether investment flows caused a price bubble, we critically...

We examine the relationship between spot and futures prices for selected five agricultural commodities, namely, Chilli, Coriander, Jeera, Pepper and Turmeric. We considered all the contracts of the above commodities over a period of 36 months, from Jan 2008 to Dec 2010. The study examined the...