Mutual Fund Performance: December 2022

The weather outside was frightful for some of the US markets in December. As risks of recession loomed, equities and bond prices fell in tandem (again). Volatility increased modestly providing a meager meal long volatility strategies. A milder European winter (so far) helped energy prices mostly decline through the month, especially natural gas. The USD continued its decline while other currencies inversely followed suit for the most part. All that said, there were some trends but also a lot of choppy, low-volume trading, which is to be expected in December. As the year came to a close, YTD numbers became more interesting. Which “hedged” strategies proved their worth? And which strategies are still primarily stocks and bonds in a different wrapper. We’re glad to see some support from true diversifiers like Trend and Commodities.

NameTickerMonth to DateYear to DateAssets Under Management
Hedged Equity
Catalyst Buffered Shield Fund ISHIIX-2.63%-18.14%$40,990,651
Rational Equity Armor Fund InstlHDCTX-4.55%-10.68%$67,204,569
EAVOL NASDAQ-100 Volatil Overlay Risk ACLPAX-8.02%-30.54%$11,902,738
Equities + Managed Futures
Catalyst/Millburn Hedge Strategy IMBXIX1.68%7.72%$5,556,281,752
Standpoint Multi-Asset InstitutionalBLNDX-1.81%3.71%$532,760,890
Active Fixed Income
Catalyst Multi-Strategy IACXIX-2.69%-4.66%$5,683,894
All Weather / Multi-Strat
Rational/ReSolve Adaptive Asset Allc IRDMIX-1.41%-3.06%$169,545,318
Astor Macro Alternative IGBLMX3.52%-1.84%$30,019,192
Catalyst/Millburn Dynamic Cmdty Stgy IDCXIX-3.65%18.61%$16,601,073
Options
Catalyst/Warrington Strategic Program ACWXAX0.96%6.06%$155,996,767
AlphaCentric Premium Opportunity AHMXAX-2.82%-10.83%$105,847,772
Rational Tactical Return InstlHRSTX0.35%-0.30%$216,742,706
Commodities
SilverPepper Cmdty Strats Glb Macro InstSPCIX-5.41%3.13%$156,940,151
Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity StrategyCOM (ETF)1.13%9.18%$269,358,278
SDCI USCF SummerHaven Dynamic CommoditySDCI (ETF)2.39%32.58%$8,972,073
Managed Futures
AXS Chesapeake Strategy IEQCHX1.65%20.13%$58,693,778

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