Sunday, January 27, 2019

Young Leaders Board Raises Funds for FIDV


With a background in law, Eitan Misulovin serves as the manager of a New York based physical commodity trading company. Outside of his professional life, Eitan Misulovin is a philanthropist who supports the work of the nonprofit group Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans (FIDV) Beit Halochem.

FIDV Beit Halochem connects Israeli Army veterans with disabilities to the resources they need to live full, happy lives. This includes establishing rehabilitation centers where veterans can participate in sports and cultural training programs and socialize with others who have had similar experiences. 

Within the leadership of FIDV Beit Halochem is the Young Leaders Board - a committee of 50 young FIDV members with a particular interest in millennial outreach. In the five years since its establishment, the Young Leaders Board has raised an impressive $300,000 for wounded Israeli veterans. The group annually hosts fundraising projects to support FIDV. 

The next notable event for the Young Leaders Board and FIDV Beit Halochem will be a Gala Dinner at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on May 21, 2019. For more information, visit fidv.org.

Friday, January 4, 2019

Commodity Futures - An Overview


New York-based executive Eitan Misulovin takes part in philanthropic activities that include support of Friends of Israel Disabled Veterans-Beit Halochem and Chabad Young Professionals UES. Professionally, Eitan Misulovin has achieved success as a developer and manager in the real estate sector. 

In addition to his real estate work, Mr. Misulovin serves as a manager at Pinnacle Fuel LLC. Founded in 2012, Pinnacle Fuel is a merchant of physical commodities that engages in the procurement, blending and logistics of physical petroleum products and offers a variety of blend stocks and finished goods to its clients. Together, these services support the firm’s commodity trading activities and help expand its reach to end users worldwide. 

Rather than trade stocks or bonds, commodity trading firms deal in commodities, basic goods that are uniform across the marketplace, such as gold, oil, natural gas or metals. Investors may use one of several means to access commodity markets. These include investing in the stock of companies involved in a specific commodity market, such as an oil company. Likewise, some exchange traded funds, mutual funds, and index funds invest in commodity markets. 

Futures stand as one of the more common commodity trading techniques. A “future” is a contract in which a buyer and seller agree to a set price for a commodity. However, the actual transaction does not occur until a predetermined date. Buyers benefit from this approach in that they can avoid price fluctuations, while sellers lock in guaranteed prices.

Futures allow huge returns for investors on the right side of trades, but they are very volatile and carry a great deal of risk. Investors often include options in a futures contract that allow losses to be minimized if the price of the commodity does not move in the anticipated direction.