We note with interest that several financial advisory services have begun to tout commodities as something an investor might consider adding to his portfolio. This is in line with comments from the likes of Goldman Sachs that commodities are underpriced and due for a rally in this environment of a huge money supply swirling around looking for a home. Despite this week’s record close of the S &P 500, there seems to be a growing feeling in financial circles that the recent stock market rally has just about run out of gas prompted in part by political uncertainty. This has led some financial advisors to recommend that investors put money into commodities for purposes of diversification. All of this seems like an e...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
On behalf of a commodity producer organization, WPI evaluated the outputs from a project that featured a $5 million investment into technical research over multiple years. WPI’s team captured the results of this extensive effort and synthesized them for presentation to the organization’s governing board; among the findings uncovered and presented for the first time was the development of genomic traits proven, via rigorous testing, to provide crop yield advantages of 50 percent or more to U.S. farmers in times of drought. Capturing measurable results from long-term efforts can be challenging. Educating clients on the dynamics of success measurement when quantifiable results are not readily available requires deep client-consultant collaboration and an ability to consider both near- and long-term client aspirations with market/policy dynamics – attributes that WPI brings to every consulting engagement.