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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.

1M spread vs SPY
+3.3 pts
Quadrant
Improving
Momentum
Mixed
RS health
Strong
Holdings P/E

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.

Window
CORN
SPY
Spread
1 week+0.6%−0.3%+0.9 pts
2 weeks+4.2%+2.8%+1.4 pts
1 month+4.5%+1.2%+3.3 pts
3 months−1.2%+9.5%−10.6 pts
6 months+3.3%+8.5%−5.3 pts
1 year+1.7%+21.4%−19.8 pts

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.

Holding
Weight
1M
FGTXXGOLDMAN SACHS FS GOVERNMENT INSTL
38.1%+0.3%

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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