Lecture slides

Slides from Piggott’s 3/29 lecture: Technical analysis

Soybean and component price plots – from Thurman’s 3/20 lecture
…and the CME publication CBOT SB Crush reference
…and an online module from the CME on Soybean Crush

Farmer for the Day followup – Piggott’s 3/15 recap of the Smithfield simulation game
and Hedge to Arrive: an informative Iowa State extension publication.

Smithfield presentation on 3/13: Josh Goode and Taylor Cowen

Slides from Piggott’s lecture on 2/6: using futures and basis information

Slides from Piggott’s lecture on 1/30: introduction to basis

Slides from Piggott’s lecture on 1/23: jargon and market mechanics

Slides from Piggott’s lecture on 1/11: futures market overview