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Suppose the price of a natural resource rises 50% next year.
Suppose the price of a natural resource rises 50% next year. Suppose that a particular industry is a heavy user of this resource, but none of the users used financial derivatives such as futures or options to hedge this risk. Based on our discussion of the American Barrick case, which users of the natural resource do you expect to be in the most trouble?