The means to successfully trade in a repetitive manner is dependent upon the ability to correctly anticipate market actions as well as having a predefined strategy.The fact that daily volume traded in most futures contracts commonly represents 15-20 percent of total open interest indicates that the trading approach for many is short-term and in anticipation that prices will be active. After all, neither the speculator nor the hedger would have much interest in trading a futures contract that represented a commodity with a stagnant price due to contract pricing or whatever other reason. The important point is that price movement is desirable and necessary for sufficient liquidity to exist for ease of trading. However, the means to successful...
What You Need to Know Today: A third U.S. border crossing (Columbus, New Mexico) has reopened to Mexican cattle imports following nearly two years of restrictions related to New World screwworm. The reopening could gradually improve feeder cattle availability, although more than 60 confi...
Yesterday, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) released a new report of negotiated cash purchases of cattle under the mandatory price report. The report included Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The goal of the report was to solve the confidentiality issues e...
Key Takeaways: U.S. soybean crushing began in 1911 and saw its most rapid expansion during the 1930s amid the broader agricultural and technology revolutions of the time. After peaking in the early 2000s, the soybean crushing industry went through a downturn as poor crush margins forced...
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Infrastructure investment due diligence
On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.