Insider trading has become a topic du jour among traders in financial markets. Recently the financial news has been filled with stories about alleged insider trading incidents involving trading in equity markets. Scarcely a week goes by without fresh criminal accusations by the Justice Department and/or civil charges by the SEC against equity traders who allegedly benefitted from illegally acquired so-called insider information. Indictments and, in a number of cases, convictions and jail terms for offenders have followed. The fact that employees of some prominent, well-known hedge funds have been involved undoubtedly has contributed to the publicity.Defining insider trading under federal laws and SEC regulations related to activities in e...
Yesterday, Alberta held a referendum on whether to begin the process toward independence from Canada. With more than one million votes counted as of early Tuesday morning, around 77 percent supported remaining in Canada, and 23 percent voted to start the process of separation, according to unof...
What You Need to Know Today: Harvest pressure in the U.S. sent corn and soybeans lower as supplies increased and there were signs USDA’s upward revisions to yields in the October WASDE could be close to right. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine escalated over the weekend, with Ukrai...
Developer's Note 24 August 2026: WPI recently completed an exercise that updated the codebase for this app and solved some of the discrepancies between our five-year average calculation and USDA's. There are a few lingering cases where early (late) starts (finishes) to the crop cycle resu...
From WPI Consulting
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.