Sorry, Barry – Commodities Ain’t Managed Futures
We love Barry Ritholtz’s site The Big Picture – it’s one of the best financial blogs out there, even if he rarely talks about managed futures. But a recent post of his did address our favorite asset class, only to completely misrepresent what it actually is – by misconstruing managed futures as the same as long-only commodity investments.
Review: Inside Managed Futures Webinar with Quantum Leap Capital
A big thanks to everyone who participated in our free webinar yesterday, Inside Managed Futures with Quantum Leap Capital. If you didn’t get the chance to participate, you missed out, but don’t worry – we have a breakdown of the key points covered, and the webinar was recorded for your viewing pleasure. Click through to check it out!
The Futures Magazine Cover Curse?
Futures Magazine happened to highlight two of our recommended programs in their Top Traders of 2012 list: Clarke Capital Management and Briarwood Capital. We’re happy to see the attention given to what we believe to be great programs, but it does remind us of the “Madden Curse” that supposedly plagues sports stars. Is there a similar effect for CTAs gracing the pages of the “Top Traders” list?
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Managed Futures Ends February Up 0.10%
February started out much as January had gone, with managed futures making slow but steady gains throughout the month. But then the whipsaw environment that took hold in the final days of the month erased those month’s gains and then some, only to reverse course yet again in the final days.
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The mention of specific asset class performance (i.e. +3.2%, -4.6%) is based on the noted source index (i.e. Newedge CTA Index, S&P 500 Index, etc.), and investors should take care to understand that any index performance is for the constituents of that index only, and does not represent the entire universe of possible investments within that asset class. And further, that there can be limitations and biases to indices such as survivorship, self reporting, and instant history.
The performance data for various Commodity Trading Advisor (“CTA”) and Commodity Pools are compiled from various sources, including Barclay Hedge, RCM’s own estimates of performance based on account managed by advisors on its books, and reports directly from the advisors. These performance figures should not be relied on independent of the individual advisor’s disclosure document, which has important information regarding the method of calculation used, whether or not the performance includes proprietary results, and other important footnotes on the advisor’s track record.
The mention of general asset class performance (i.e. managed futures did well, stocks were down, bonds were up) is based on RCM’s direct experience in those asset classes, estimates of performance of dozens of CTAs followed by RCM, and averaging of various indices designed to track said asset classes.
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Past Performance is Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Results. The regulations of the CFTC require that prospective clients of a managed futures program (CTA) receive a disclosure document when they are solicited to enter into an agreement whereby the CTA will direct or guide the client’s commodity interest trading and that certain risk factors be highlighted. The disclosure document contains a complete description of the principal risk factors and each fee to be charged to your account by the CTA.
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