Meaning & use
Softs
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Agricultural commodities, such as coffee, sugar, cocoa, and cotton, traded on commodities markets; distinguished from metals and other 'hard' commodities.
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Prices for softs like coffee and cocoa surged after the poor harvest.
The fund manager shifted some holdings from hards into softs to diversify risk.
A note on using this word
Financial jargon shorthand for 'soft commodities,' used mainly by traders and in commodities markets reporting.
Words with a similar meaning
soft commodities
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Words with an opposite meaning
hards
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