The stock market fell nearly 1,200 points yesterday, the Dow’s largest decline in a single day and the biggest drop since 2011, a very volatile year. Monday’s bear market was the equivalent of almost a 4.6 percent loss, which is far from a record in percentage terms. There were 21 days in 2011 with drops of 2 percent or more. The last time the market fell by at least 2 percent was when the U.K. approved the Brexit referendum in 2016. While the market had no drops at that level in 2017, there were 71 daily closing records. On the S&P 500, stocks were down for all of the 505 companies except for two: Church and Dwight, a major consumer goods company, and Trip Advisor. As a sector, financial companies had the worst performance...
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From WPI Consulting
Forecasting developments in production agriculture
On behalf of a private U.S. agricultural technology provider, WPI’s team generated an econometric model to forecast the movement of concentrated corn production north and west from the traditional U.S. Corn Belt. WPI’s model has subsequently provided quantitative support to a multi-million-dollar investment into short-season corn variety development. WPI’s methodology included a series of interviews with regional grain elevators and seed consultants. Emphasizing outreach and communication with stakeholders who possess intimate sectoral knowledge – on-the-ground insights – is a regular component of WPI’s methodologies, made possible by WPI’s ever-growing network of industry contacts.