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In an effort to improve marketing of their products, many farmers use market advisory services (MAS). To date, there is … their marketing plans, and how they choose among these services. Based on the literature on consulting services usage, a … the match between the MAS and the farmer's marketing philosophy drive MAS usage. To account for possible heterogeneity …
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This study uses the newly available data from the CFTC to investigate the market impact of futures trading by large hedge funds and CTAs. Regression results show that there is a positive relationship between the trading volume of large hedge funds and CTAs and market volatility. However, a...
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A growing body of recent evidence suggests that premiums for financial options might be too high. For agricultural options, market participants often make similar claims, however there is very limited scientific literature to prove or disprove such claims. This research investigates the...
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Numerous empirical studies have investigated the profitability of technical trading rules in a wide variety of markets, and many of them found positive profits. Despite positive evidence about profitability and improvements in testing procedures, skepticism about technical trading profits...
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Marketing is viewed as an important component of the farm management process, and poor marketing is often cited as a …, and available evidence is too limited to make definitive conclusions about farmer marketing abilities. This paper examines … the actual marketing performance of corn and soybean producers in Illinois. Farmer marketing data is based on the USDA …
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the pricing performance of agricultural market advisory services in hogs. Pricing recommendations are available for all quarters from the beginning of 1995 through the end of 2001. The results show that average differences between advisory programs and...
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While the risk premium hypothesis in futures markets has been the subject of a long and continuous controversy, the risk premium hypothesis in forward markets is also of interest among economists. The hypothesis is supported by some theoretical arguments and empirical evidence yet remains an...
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This paper investigates the profitability of technical trading rules in US futures markets over the 1985-2004 period. To account for data snooping biases, we evaluate statistical significance of performance across technical trading rules using White's Bootstrap Reality Check test and Hansen's...
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This paper describes the degree of marketing activeness of market advisory programs for corn and soybeans, and analyzes … marketing programs are based on superior information and/or analytical skills. …
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The economic value of public situation and outlook information has long been a subject of debate. The purpose of this study is to investigate the economic value of USDA reports in hog and cattle markets. The investigation is based on event study analysis, with the "events" consisting of the...
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