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Darin Newsom

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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. 

 

 

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What Should We Expect from US Government Numbers Tuesday?

If you are one of those who love the smell of a damp feedlot or hot hog barn, Tuesday is for you with government numbers from one end to the other.

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An Interview with Barchart's AI Market Analyst CARL

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I stared at the blank piece of electronic typing paper longer than usual Tuesday morning, trying to figure out what to say.

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Will Winter Wheat Weakly Wilt Weekly?

While the Krampus Countdown is still months away, HRW wheat has a different seasonal issue this summer.

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Is the Commodity Complex the Definition of Insanity Early Friday Morning?

Friday morning in the commodity complex looks to be a classic case of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

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Barchart Senior Market Analyst Darin Newsom analyzes whether the morning's short-covering bounce in grains is a temporary reprieve or a permanent bottom, while breaking down the technical realities of...

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Will Crude Oil Hit $150?

The US president's War on Iran has raised the discussion of WTI crude oil hitting $150. This isn't the first time we've heard this projection.

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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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