THE OWNERSHIP TEAM: INTRODUCING INTERPRETATIVE PARTNERS
Interpretative Partners consist of members Patrick Hayes, Chuck Lettenberger, Thomas Raines and Kevin Kowalkowski. Together they form the ownership team of a family of LLCs, Hedge Plus, Hedge Plus Group and Commodity Investor Services.
The team first started to form in January 2001 when Patrick and Chuck met. Patrick and Chuck quickly found that they possessed common direction and goals and form an informal partnership. Together Patrick and Chuck possess over 45 years of trading experience and a combined 26 years of helping farmers price their crops.
Obviously with all the experience that Patrick and Chuck present they lack the wide eyed excitement of youth. Seeking balance and looking to the future Patrick and Chuck added young Tom Raines and Kevin Kowalkowski to their team. Tom Raines first started to work for Pat and Chuck in the summer of 2008 and it became evident to the team that Tom had the drive and the tools of the younger generation to help grow the team and its companies.
In the summer of 2010 it became blatantly obvious to the team that they were a ship without a rudder. The skills necessary to manage any operation are totally different than the skills needed to do interpretative analysis. Pat once said, “it is like a scientist or statistician trying to run a fortune 500 company.” The team brought in Kevin a manager from a fortune 500 company. Kevin’s skills are most visible by watching the effects on Patrick as his energy, focus and smile have returned. With Kevin managing the growth and direction of the LLCs the rest of the team (especially Pat) have been able to return to what they do best: the interpretation of market factors and their effects on price action.
On January 1, 2011 the team will become more formal as Chuck Lettenberger, Thomas Raines and Kevin Kowalkowski become official and legal members of the ownership team. The goals of the ownership team remains the same as always to give the best custumer service and to grow our business to help secure the future of our clients, staff and all our families. We look forward to the years ahead with excitement, drive and the realization that nothing in life comes without hard work.
OUR FAMILY OF LLCs
Hedge Plus Group, LLC (HPG) is a non-licensed CTA member of the NFA. HPG is a publishing, research and consulting company. The products of HPG include the Hedge Plus Complete program (a farm market advisory program for grain and soybean producers), The Hedge Plus Report (an electronic farm marketing news letter) and all research to support those programs.
Hedge Plus, LLC (HP) is an Introducing Broker for the HPG. HP cannot by law accept any client monies except to be directly deposited into their hedge account with ADM Investor Services, Inc. HP clears all trades through ADM Investor Services, Inc with a focus on Corn, Soybean and Wheat hedging. Starting in January of 2011 HP will only broker hedges from clients in the Hedge Plus Complete (HPC) program. Because the HPC closes ties the advice to the cash crop we believe that separating other trade advice from the individual advice given in the HPC program would help eliminate temptation to over hedge production.
Commodity Investor Services (CIS) is a new Introducing Broker which clears through ADM Investor Services, Inc CIS cannot by law accept any client monies except to be directly deposited into their trading account with ADM Investor Services, Inc.CIS will incorporate the research on many different commodities in order to provide advice and brokerage services to all you want to trade commodities.
The three LLCs were formed for these two reasons;
1) To meet all legal requirements
2) To emphasis the importance of focus in a time of very volatile and dangerous markets
We believe that keeping the focus on your goals by matching your needs with the most appropriate program will offer you the best opportunity for success. We would be honored to have the opportunity to serve you!
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