Random Thoughts on a Gold Down -$100 Day
Stocks down AND Bonds down (sign of things to come in a rising rate environment?)
Gold down -$100(-6.83%). , broke April lows, now at late 2010 levels
Silver down almost -10%, now lost over 60% since 2011
Big “Risk Off” Day in the Markets…
Markets are down big across the board on the heels of comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke that the Federal Reserve may start pairing quantitative easing later this year. Stock index futures are down just over 1.50% this morning but the brunt of the losses are being seen in commodities. See how bad it got.
CTA’s Think Positive for rest of 2013
Since we’re approaching the halfway point of 2013, we feel it might be nice to get a feel for the atmosphere surrounding managed futures. CTA Intelligence released a CTA survey with quite a positive outlook for this year. So what strategy do they see the highest returns?
Newsletter: Where’s the Beef (Return)?
Our most recent newsletter is up, and we’re looking at just how the focus on low risk and risk adjusted performance is hurting the hunt for returns. We put into perspective how two different programs can have identical Sharpe ratio’s, but very different results.
You Thought That was Bad? Look at These Monthly Losses
Comparing Asset Classes monthly is a little bit like looking up at the scoreboard during halftime. After asset class losses in May, Mebane Faber whipped up a chart of the largest monthly losses among various assets dating back to 1972. One Problem, they left out Managed Futures. So we re-created the chart.
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