Cargill: food and … intelligence gathering
January 13, 2009
The WSJ has an article “Cargill’s Inside View Helps It Buck Downturn” with good insight into Cargill’s commodities trading. They collect and use an unprecidented amount of information on global events that will affect food prices, leading to success in commodities trading even in poor market conditions. A great example of a modern intelligence gathering operation in action. And a reminder that fancy analytics can be beat with good old knowledge.
