Early morning fund buying pushed the CBOT higher and markets held onto those gains through the day’s trading. The failure of meaningful peace talks to develop in Ukraine over the weekend sparked a round of buying as the implications for continued war in the country are obviously bullish grain and oilseeds. After the early bout of fund buying, however, follow-through trade was limited despite bullish upside breakouts on both the corn and soybean charts. Declining volume and liquidity have been a feature of the CBOT in recent weeks as traders are finding it impossible to trade the headline risk associated with the war in Ukraine. Traders are cutting position sizes or not trading at all as the risk and higher margin calls offer a...
What You Need to Know Today: There has already been a strong run of flash soybean sales announcements in recent weeks, but more than 1.4 MMT reported this morning is an exceptionally large single-day total with major implications for the market. If the sales to China and unknown destinations w...
On Friday, at 6:57 AM, President Donald Trump announced, via a social media post, a 90-day window during which up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef could be imported outside of tariff-rate quotas—a move aimed at bringing down costs for American consumers. This is the secon...
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Weighing in on strategic realignment
WPI’s team was retained by the governing board of a U.S. industry organization to review a decision, reached by vote, to invest significant assets into the development and management of an export trading company. WPI’s team conducted a formal review of this decision and concluded that the current level of market saturation would limit the benefits of the investment. Based on WPI’s analysis and recommended actions, the board subsequently reversed its decision and undertook a strategic planning effort to identify more impactful investments. On behalf of numerous clients, WPI has not only assisted in identifying strategic paths but also advised their implementation.