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Darin Newsom

Darin Newsom

Darin Newsom is the President of Darin Newsom Analysis and the Senior Market Analyst for Barchart. With nearly 40 years of experience analyzing commodity and financial sectors, he has developed a way of understanding the different characteristics of the various markets. 

Previously, he was a Senior Analyst at DTN for close to fifteen years, where he provided customers with market insight, analysis and advice on an hourly, daily and weekly basis and oversaw all of DTN’s market commentary. He was also the creator and guiding force behind DTN’s Six Factor Marketing Strategies. Darin has over 20 years of experience analyzing commodity markets and developing risk-management strategies. Prior to joining DTN, Newsom was a producer risk-management consultant for FCStone and a grain merchandiser at the Great Bend, Kansas, Cooperative.

Darin has appeared on numerous international financial television programs and news sites and is an award-winning columnist whose work has been featured on websites and in magazines for decades. He is well-known for his unique analytical observations on how markets work and has spoken at international conferences and meetings over the years. He has been involved in the industry on nearly every level; from grain merchandiser and broker to senior market analyst for a major agricultural media organization to having his own commentary and analysis service used by long-term investment interests, all while proudly reminding everyone he is neither a journalist nor an economist. 

 

 

Most Recent Stories

Are US Cattle Screwed - Again?

As spring turns to summer, US beef headlines have announced the return of the New World Screwworm.

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LEM26 : 250.075s (+0.36%)
LEZ26 : 233.675s (+0.39%)
LEG27 : 234.000s (+0.42%)
LEV26 : 234.125s (+0.14%)
Why Was the Commodity Sector Seeing Red Early Friday Morning?

Pre-dawn Friday found only one sector of the commodity complex wearing green.

ZCZ26 : 445-0 (-0.22%)
ZSN26 : 1117-4 (-0.36%)
LEM26 : 250.075s (+0.36%)
ZSX26 : 1135-2 (-0.20%)
KEN26 : 624-0 (+0.52%)
ZWN26 : 578-4 (-0.26%)
ZCN26 : 416-0 (-0.36%)
Why Was the Commodities Complex Like a Sailboat Race Thursday Morning?

A lack of headlines left the commodity complex adrift, for the most part, overnight through early Thursday morning.

HON26 : 3.7845 (+5.49%)
ZCZ26 : 445-0 (-0.22%)
ZSN26 : 1117-4 (-0.36%)
ZLN26 : 74.58 (+0.62%)
ZSX26 : 1135-2 (-0.20%)
KEN26 : 624-0 (+0.52%)
ZCN26 : 416-0 (-0.36%)
What Do We Know About Quarterly Grain Stocks in Relation to Demand?

As May came to an end - thankfully - we could read what the markets were telling us about real quarterly available stocks-to-use.

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$CSWI : 532.32 (+0.24%)
$CRWI : 561.72 (+0.33%)
$CNCI : 383.09 (-1.69%)
$CNSI : 1,063.70 (-0.59%)
What Do We Know About Supply and Demand in the Grains Sector Friday Morning?

The Grains sector will hit the quarterly finish line Friday, putting the spotlight again on real supply and demand.

ZCZ26 : 445-0 (-0.22%)
ZSN26 : 1117-4 (-0.36%)
ZCU26 : 425-6 (-0.29%)
ZSX26 : 1135-2 (-0.20%)
KEN26 : 624-0 (+0.52%)
ZWN26 : 578-4 (-0.26%)
ZCN26 : 416-0 (-0.36%)
Was the Holiday Weekend Market Moving Headline Chaos Predictable?

Predicting social media posts that create market moving headlines is becoming too easy.

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ZCZ26 : 445-0 (-0.22%)
ZSN26 : 1117-4 (-0.36%)
ZCU26 : 425-6 (-0.29%)
QAN26 : 92.05s (-1.77%)
ZLN26 : 74.58 (+0.62%)
ZSX26 : 1135-2 (-0.20%)
KEN26 : 624-0 (+0.52%)
CLN26 : 95.17 (+5.11%)
ZCN26 : 416-0 (-0.36%)
GCM26 : 4,293.7 (-1.00%)
Grains, Livestock, and Geopolitics: How to Read What the Ag Markets Are Actually Telling Us

Barchart Senior Market Analyst Darin Newsom breaks down the morning's downward trend in grain and livestock futures, advising market participants to look past political headlines and unconfirmed Chinese...

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LEM26 : 250.075s (+0.36%)
ZWN26 : 578-4 (-0.26%)
ZCN26 : 416-0 (-0.36%)
CLN26 : 95.17 (+5.11%)
Were There Any Surprises in the Commodity Complex Pre-Dawn Wednesday?

A look at markets and news headlines early Wednesday morning shows sometimes puzzle pieces don't necessarily fit the way we expect.

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ZSN26 : 1117-4 (-0.36%)
ZCU26 : 425-6 (-0.29%)
ZWN26 : 578-4 (-0.26%)
SIN26 : 67.110 (-2.88%)
ESM26 : 7,417.50 (+0.23%)
HOM26 : 3.5373s (-2.25%)
YMM26 : 50,776 (-0.31%)
ZSX26 : 1135-2 (-0.20%)
KEN26 : 624-0 (+0.52%)
ZCN26 : 416-0 (-0.36%)
GCM26 : 4,293.7 (-1.00%)
Were You Ready for Today's TACO Tuesday?

History has taught us we should have been expecting the US president to back down his latest threat against Iran. Was Watson got off guard overnight through early Tuesday morning?

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ZSN26 : 1117-4 (-0.36%)
ZCU26 : 425-6 (-0.29%)
ZWN26 : 578-4 (-0.26%)
SIN26 : 67.110 (-2.88%)
ESM26 : 7,417.50 (+0.23%)
HOM26 : 3.5373s (-2.25%)
QAN26 : 92.05s (-1.77%)
YMM26 : 50,776 (-0.31%)
ZLN26 : 74.58 (+0.62%)
ZSX26 : 1135-2 (-0.20%)
KEN26 : 624-0 (+0.52%)
Was the Rally in Energies and Grains to Start the Week a Surprise?

Once again, we saw weekend headlines 'trump' reality in both the Grains and Energies sectors of the commodity complex.

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HOM26 : 3.5373s (-2.25%)
ZCZ26 : 445-0 (-0.22%)
ZSN26 : 1117-4 (-0.36%)
ZCU26 : 425-6 (-0.29%)
YMM26 : 50,776 (-0.31%)
ZSX26 : 1135-2 (-0.20%)
ZWN26 : 578-4 (-0.26%)
KEN26 : 624-0 (+0.52%)
ZCN26 : 416-0 (-0.36%)
CLM26 : 107.77s (-0.82%)
NQM26 : 29,216.75 (+0.66%)
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