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The "new" shipments of onions caused many futures traders to think that there was an excess of onions and further drove down onion prices in Chicago. By the end of the onion season in March 1956, Siegel and Kosuga had flooded the markets with their onions and driven the price of 50 pounds (23 kg) of onions down to 10 cents a bag. [6]
The new shipments of onions caused many futures traders to think that there was an excess of onions and further drove down onion prices in Chicago. By the end of the onion season in March 1956, Seigel and Kosuga had flooded the markets with their onions and driven the price of 50 pounds (23 kg) of onions down to 10 cents a bag. [6]
In the United States in 1956, commodities traders Sam Siegel and Vincent Kosuga bought up large quantities of onions and then flooded the market as part of a scheme to make money on a short position in onion futures. [1] This sent the price of a 50-pound bag of onions down to only 10 cents, less than the value of the empty bag.
In the United States in 1956, commodities traders Sam Siegel and Vincent Kosuga bought up large quantities of onions and then flooded the market as part of a scheme to make money on a short position in onion futures. [34] This sent the price of a 50-pound bag of onions down to only 10 cents, less than the value of the empty bag.
In the late 1950s, United States onion farmers alleged that Sam Seigel and Vincent Kosuga, Chicago Mercantile Exchange traders, were attempting to corner the market on onions. Their complaints resulted in the passage of the Onion Futures Act, which banned trading in onion futures in the United States and remains in effect as of 2024. [5]
In 1955 two onion traders, Sam Seigel and Vincent Kosuga cornered the onion futures market and then drove onion prices in order to profit from a short positions that they held. The collapse of onion prices drove many onion farmers into bankruptcy. [9] A public outcry ensued among onion farmers who were left with large amounts of worthless ...
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Vincent Kosuga - farmer and entrepreneur whose efforts to corner the onion futures market led to the 1958 Onion Futures Act Cheryl Rogowski - farmer and recipient of a 2004 MacArthur Fellowship ("Genius Grant") for her work on community-supported agriculture [ 11 ]