Corn vs the S&P 500 (CORN): is it outperforming?
Over the past month, CORN has outperformed the S&P 500 by 3.3 points. Here is where that puts it in the market rotation — updated daily.
Where CORN sits on the rotation map
Corn highlighted against the 11 broad S&P 500 sectors. Vertical: 1-month spread vs the S&P 500. Horizontal: the longer, time-shifted window — the methodology explains the math.
CORN vs SPY: head-to-head returns
CORN (corn) and SPY (the S&P 500) side by side over every window Zensei tracks. The spread is the difference — positive means CORN won that window.
Data as of 2026-07-13 · computed from daily adjusted closes · how we measure
The read
Corn (CORN) has just turned the corner. Over the longer, time-shifted window it trailed the S&P 500 by 13.6 points, but over the past month it has moved clearly ahead of the market — a 3.3-point edge that puts it in the improving quadrant. Ranked by one-month spread, it currently stands #14 of the 115 groups Zensei tracks.
On the shorter tape, CORN's momentum is mixed: the longer intraday trend is still positive, but the recent windows have gone flat. CORN's relative-strength line — its price ratio against the S&P 500 — is trading above its moving averages, the healthiest configuration we track. The longer trend remains healthier than the recent tape suggests — the kind of divergence worth rechecking in a week.
The thing to watch from here is confirmation: improving groups that hold a positive one-month spread long enough for the longer window to turn are the classic early-rotation entries — the ones that fail fall back quickly.
What's inside CORN
Top 1 of 1 tracked holdings, by portfolio weight.
Corn vs the market — common questions
Is corn outperforming the S&P 500?
Right now, yes: over the past month CORN has outperformed the S&P 500 by 3.3 points. This page updates daily, so the answer reflects current market data rather than a dated article.
What is CORN?
CORN is Teucrium Corn Fund, the fund Zensei uses to measure the corn group against the S&P 500 benchmark (SPY).
What quadrant is corn in right now?
As of the latest daily data, corn is in the improving quadrant — behind the market over the longer window, but ahead over the past month. The quadrant rules are documented on the Zensei methodology page.
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