Shawn Hackett

About the Author

Shawn Hackett, commodity broker and author of the Hackett Money Flow Report newsletter (www.hackettadvisors.com), is a nationally recognized agricultural commodity expert with more than 18 years of money management experience.

Bullish coffee technicals are highly caffeinated

Shawn Hackett
March 4, 2018
The coffee market offers a very attractive risk-adjusted return from the long side given a very compelling set of bullish long-term indicators and patterns. Currently, there is an extremely speculative short position as a percentage of open interest in coffee as measured by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Commitments of Traders data.

Grain bear old and tired

Shawn Hackett
July 2, 2014
The crash in grains from the spring highs is a consequence of planting too many acres when set against perfect El Nino weather. Over the next 45 to 60 days the market will assuredly imagine the most bearish over supply situation possible.

Commodities may offer last best chance to jump on bandwagon

Shawn Hackett
April 21, 2014
The bull market in agricultural commodities has a long way to go before running out of gas and may in fact accelerate later in the year if a typical adverse El Nino weather pattern asserts itself.

The new black gold?

Shawn Hackett
April 4, 2014
The coffee market has no excess inventories to speak of to handle this kind of a supply squeeze as it has had in past weather shocks. In order to sufficiently ration demand, prices will need to move up to $4 per pound

How much will you pay for your Starbucks with South American drought?

Shawn Hackett
February 3, 2014
Coffee is the market with the greatest potential production shortfall impact with orange juice second and sugar a distant third.

Milk May be at End of Bull Run

Shawn Hackett
December 4, 2013
The milk market specifically has entered a parabolic move that has been the basis of my major bullish forecast in milk that began in 2012. It was always my view that record high prices would be seen near the end of 2014.

Cotton traders must acknowledge the China factor

Shawn Hackett
April 15, 2013
Last year all the analysts looked at the huge surpluses coming and all projected cotton to fall to $.50/pound or even lower. It was a compelling and sensible forecast and it was absolutely wrong.

Rice to lead next commodity bull move

Shawn Hackett
November 29, 2012
Rice is the number one market to go long in the entire agricultural commodity space as we head into a reflationary period for overall commodities.

Is it time to buy coffee?

Shawn Hackett
August 28, 2012
There have been signs of strong emerging fundamental underpinnings for coffee throughout the first half of 2012 and now the market appears ready to take off.

Coffee looking at major lows in 2012

Shawn Hackett
March 16, 2012
Another buying opportunity for coffee, equal in scope and importance to the one seen in the spring of 2010, is rapidly approaching.