Duke and Duke

We are a full service commodities brokerage based in Philadelphia, Pa. Our fathers helped establish the New York Mercantile Exchange in 1882.

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

Our annual appeal: please pay no attention to that slanted "documentary" about our firm from the early 1980s, in which a pair of hoodlums (one of whom dealt PCP, or "angel dust") victimized our firm and its clients through a commodities insider trading scam then fled the US. 1/2

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

Hey, if anyone needs some orange juice, you know where to find us. -RD

[Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) @chigrl]

🍊Orange juice squeezed by Brazilian drought

Orange juice prices have skyrocketed to all-time highs as severe drought and widespread crop disease have crushed yields in Brazil, the world’s top exporter, leaving soft-drink companies facing a “dire” situation.

Concentrated orange juice futures traded on Intercontinental Exchange in New York hit $4.92 a pound on Friday, almost three times higher than prices two years ago, as global supplies of the fruit for juicing plummet.

For soft-drink companies, which use the futures market to try to hedge against big price moves and are having to stomach the higher costs, the situation is “extremely dire”, said Harry Campbell, analyst at Expana. “They’re just like ‘we don’t even know what to do.’” - FT

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

Our investors knew.

[Kevin Gordon @KevRGordon]

Orange juice futures soaring to a new all-time high as drought and crop disease in Brazil (the world’s top OJ exporter) have hurt yields

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

@ryanroat @bikemamadelphia It's a deceitful documentary about the con men who tried to ruin our firm.

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

Our clients knew. cc: @MaxKennerly

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

This essay by @nathanrabin is one of the sharpest pieces of cultural criticism we've seen. "If you were to ask me what I thought of Trading Places now, however, I would ... wearily concede that I found it racist, sexist, classist and ... also, unfunny."
https://t.co/V03v49of4u

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

4 movies we always recommend.

[Adam Bonin (@adambonin.bsky.social) @adambonin]

4 movies I always recommend.

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

This list is balderdash, and extols that slanted documentary against us. Thank goodness it at least recognized that Winthorpe employed blackface and Valentine utilized anti-gay slurs, both of which violate @DukeandDukePhl DEI initiatives.

[The Philadelphia Inquirer @PhillyInquirer]

What makes a film a Philly film? A philm, if you will.

We asked newsroom colleagues and film critics across the city to share their favorites. Here are Philly's top 50 flicks.

🔗 https://t.co/vnfREtLqaw

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

@grenadier740815 we believe in investing in stable, established commodities. We believe pre-sliced bread will be proven as a fad.

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

A fugitive from justice. A person of interest in the disappearance of Clarence Beeks. He's a monster.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

“Looking good, Billy Ray.”

“Feeling good, Louis.”

👉 https://t.co/izRmeQx8tE

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

They robbed us. They robbed the other traders. But with the help of the Zamunda Sovereign Wealth Fund, we came back.

[CineCalendar @CineCalendar]

Jan 2nd 1983 - Louis Winthorpe III and Billy Ray Valentine worked together, cornering the frozen concentrated orange juice market and bankrupting the Duke and Duke brothers

📽️📅 Trading Places (1983)

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

Even beyond the PCP dealing and the disloyalty, we'd have fired Winthorpe for the blackface display. Our firm does not tolerate such insensitivity.

[CineCalendar @CineCalendar]

Dec 31st 1983 - Louis & Billy Ray get their hands on the crop report, giving The Dukes a fake in the process.

📽️📅 Trading Places (1982) #MerryNewYear #TradingPlaces

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

Tonight we remember our dear colleague Clarence Beeks, a trusted advisor to our firm, who disappeared on this night over 40 years ago. Our standard reward remains available for any leads. Amtrak Police have not been helpful.

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

They engaged in insider commodities trading, and remain fugitives from justice to this day. We also believe they are complicit in the disappearance of our dear colleague Clarence Beeks, a research analyst.

[CineCalendar @CineCalendar]

Dec 31st 1983 - Louis & Billy Ray get their hands on the crop report, giving The Dukes a fake in the process.

📽️📅 Trading Places (1982) #MerryNewYear #TradingPlaces

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

No, there aren't.

[Sam Sanders @samsanders]

We always talk about classic Christmas movies, but are there any classic New Year’s movies? Please advise.

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

@WallaceRyland where is Beeks?

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

WE KNEW IT WAS COMING. We always have the best research. We make sure of it. cc: @natehale

[Enguerrand VII de Coucy @ingelramdecoucy]

Word on the street is that the Duke brothers have been wiped out by this market action

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

Second-worst decision our firm ever made.
Worst was hiring Winthorpe, a PCP dealer.

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

Mortimer just called me with the craziest idea I've ever heard while accidentally catching a moment of that "documentary" about us: he said we should look into developing that corner on the left into a restaurant. Pish posh, I said. It will never work. RD

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

This "documentary" was horribly slanted and edited against us. In the full quote, you'd see that by "the worst people" I meant "Dartmouth alumni". -md

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

@KyleLHandley We appreciate all our investment partners.

[Duke and Duke @DukeandDukePhl]

Our annual appeal: please pay no attention to that slanted "documentary" about our firm from the early 1980s, in which a pair of hoodlums (one of whom dealt PCP, or "angel dust") victimized our firm and its clients through a commodities insider trading scam then fled the US. 1/2