NAV Discounts

[IntergalacticSpace]

Can someone explain why NGE has been selling at such a steep discount to NAV at certain times (i.e. 50% in May) and is at par during other times (currently)?

 

[2rosy]

liquidity makes it illusory. Are you calculating indicative NAV realtime?

 

[BKR88]

Old article (May) but explains some of the issues with Nigeria.
Read the comments also.
https://seekingalpha.com/article/46...nt-not-enough-to-compensate-for-nigeria-risks

 

[maxinger]

We have to use the microscope to see the volume as it is soo tiny.
The bid offer spread must be horrific.

Anyway, the NAV analysis is useless.
Just need to know NGE has been dropping from 65 to 5 since 2013.

It seems more like the NAV should be ZERO.

 

[ajacobson]

Where a cash and carry trade is cumbersome it becomes easily manipulated and only large commercials can execute a cash and carry. This is extremely common in energy contracts where a cash lot may, very well be a tanker. One of the reasons why crude went negative was the inability to trade the spot. Without a method to hedge the spot, wild data can result. If you can actually trade spot - there are times you pretty much can coin money.
It's also why most of the big commercials still operate in house trading desks.