Economist Specializing in
Commodity Markets

Commodity Market Economist

About Elaine Kub, CFA

Elaine Kub, CFA is an internationally recognized expert on the economics of commodity markets, whose writing and analysis helps institutions and business owners understand the risks and opportunities within the markets.

Decision makers in the agricultural commodity markets are a wide-ranging bunch. They may be as hands-off as a New York hedge fund needing to test an investment theory, or as large as a multi-million-bushel grain processing firm, benefiting from Elaine Kub’s in-depth bespoke research projects and strategic analysis. Or they may count in the thousands of farmers – small- or medium-sized business owners who must individually decide when to sell farm products or buy important inputs, collectively producing some of the most versatile and economically powerful substances ever known to man. Elaine Kub connects with market participants through clear, down-to-earth communication, all backed up by rigorously applied analysis of highly complex topics in stochastic markets. Her work provides strategic market intelligence and fresh, practical insights to a broad scope of clients.

Elaine literally “wrote the book” on grain trading – Mastering the Grain Markets: How Profits Are Really Made, a 360-degree look at all aspects of grain trading, which draws on her experiences as a market analyst, grain merchandiser, futures trader, and farmer. She continues to share her hard-earned insights and economic analysis of the markets’ most pressing issues in an award-winning regular column published by DTN The Progressive Farmer.