The holiday-shortened trading week is around the corner, the CBOT opened as call and was subsequently characterized by position evening/liquidation. The markets did a whole lot of nothing and stayed within their recent trading ranges. The most notable trade is that wheat continued to leak lower, breaking below what was otherwise looking like a bull flag on the charts. Fundamental news remains light, leaving traders with little interest to extend speculative bets ahead of the holidays. Trading volume was anemic and today’s price action likely means little for the future direction of CBOT commodities. Several reports have noted how guessing the amount of Chinese imports of U.S. farm goods has become the CBOT’s unofficial pa...
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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.