| | Energy Solutions The extreme volatility in the energy markets call for new and innovative methods to help bring stability to your budgets and protect your bottom line. To meet this reality, Yocum Oil has grown from fuel distributors and suppliers to expert energy consultants over its fifty years of existence.
YES Trading Group
Yocum Oil's risk management and trading energy solutions is lead by the YES Trading Group. (YES stands for Yocum Energy Solutions). The mission of the YES Trading Group is to provide risk management solutions and expertise to help reduce energy risk, control costs, and provide stability to budgets and margins.
YES Trading Group’s approach to risk management is three-fold: To analyze, monitor and protect.
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Collect and analyze historical data and map out energy risk |
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Monitoring Fundamental, seasonal, and technical data on energy commodities |
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Develop and implement hedging strategies and programs that fit specific needs |
YES Trading Group services its 200+ customers and manages its 10+ million gallons currently held under contract with programs and offerings dedicated to analyze, monitor and protect against risk in liquid fuels.
To this end, YES Trading Group offers the following consultative energy services and programs:
Services
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Information Services:
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YES Trading Group distributes a “Daily Note” email which provides commentary and analysis on key supply and demand factors and financial influences that drive energy prices. The “Daily Note” is an essential tool for those looking to understand how different markets are connected and how price trends emerge.
Request a complimentary subscription to YES Trading Group's “Daily Note”.
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Consulting Services:
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Monthly retainer relationship designed to help firms develop risk management programs to reduce ongoing energy exposure. Consulting services are tailored to fit an organization’s specific needs and energy risk portfolio.
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Fixed Price Programs:
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Establish a fixed delivery price for fuel over a specific time frame. Programs can be set up for as little as one month or a strip over consecutive months.
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Maximum Price Programs:
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Cap your upside price risk at a predetermined level, while being able to fully participate in lower fuel markets.
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Min/Max Programs:
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Establish a ceiling that fuel costs will not exceed, while allowing participation in lower markets down to the floor.
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Fuel Swap Programs:
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Manage price volatility over multiple locations by utilizing highly correlated instruments that mirror price movements at each location. Programs are highly flexible and can be customized to fit specific needs.
| You may want to especially consider Yocum Oil’s energy solutions if you fall into one of the following – or similar – categories:
- Manufacturing and construction companies attempting to secure margins on current or future sales and bids. Energy costs must become a controlled variable.
- Schools and governmental agencies reliant on external and taxpayer funding. Fiduciary responsibility includes astute cost management programs, including energy.
- Trucking companies wanting to gain a competitive edge. Offering fuel rate protection programs to customers will increase loyalty and brand awareness, and also reduce the need to make constant adjustments to freight rates or fuel surcharges.
Please contact Tony Yocum V or Nate Kovacevich for more information.
tyocum5@yocumoil.com | (651) 739-6431
nkovacevich@yocumoil.com | (651) 739-1748
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