Shawn Hackett is a leading commodities analyst and the President and CEO of Hackett Financial Advisors, a firm specializing in agricultural price forecasting and market risk management. With more than 20 years of experience in money management and commodity market analysis, he is dedicated to helping farmers, agribusiness leaders, and agricultural investors understand price cycles, hedge effectively, and manage financial risk using advanced, indicator-based forecasting tools. Hackett is widely recognized for his deep expertise in agricultural markets and frequently appears on major financial media outlets and ag-focused radio programs. He is a sought-after speaker on the long-term forces shaping global agriculture, including inflation, weather cycles, demographics, climate volatility, and geopolitical trends.
Shawn Hackett Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
Academic History
HACKETT FINANCIAL ADVISORS
Hackett Financial Advisors specializes in advising farmers, hedgers, and agricultural producers on soft commodity markets using advanced analysis of climate cycles, historical patterns, and long-term weather trends.
The firm helps market participants make more informed decisions in agricultural commodities by transforming historical data and climate science into forward-looking price forecasts.
Shawn Hackett’s research on long-term weather cycles is a key differentiator of the firm’s methodology and underpins the widely followed Hackett Money Flow Agricultural Report and Hackett Dairy Report.
EARLY CAREER
Hackett began his professional career as an account executive at Bear Stearns, where he focused on small-cap equities and rigorous fundamental analysis.
He later joined Roach AG Marketing as a consultant, recognizing a major opportunity in agricultural commodities and shifting his career toward commodity forecasting and hedging strategy.
MEDIA PRESENCE
Hackett is a frequent contributor to major financial and agricultural media, including Barron's, Bloomberg, Reuters, Investors Business Daily, MoneyShow, and Futures Magazine.
His insights have also been featured in US Farm Report, Minyanville, Ag-TV, and numerous other industry publications, and he has appeared as a guest on Real Vision to discuss commodity cycles and agricultural market trends.