Asset Class Scoreboard Two Months In
In a “business as usual” market environment with new all time highs almost every day in the S&P 500, Dow Jones, and NASDAQ Composite, it’s fun to play the game, which asset class has done the best since the beginning of the year, or over the past twelve months. You might be surprised as to who’s on top and who’s not.
Weekend Reads: The Next Recession
Market Commentary: When Will The U.S. Have Its Next Recession? – (A Wealth of Common Sense) The S&P 500 Vix Standoff – Part 2 – (Dana Lyons) Don’t Make the Trading Gods Laugh – (Barry Ritholtz) Hedge Funds: Preqin Investor Outlook Hedge Funds Quarter 1 – (Preqin) Regulation: Industry renews CFTC position limits concerns – […]
9 Markets in Backwardation and Contango
At the beginning of the year, we came out with some serious and some not so serious suggestions to play the Crude Oil inevitable rebound, one of them included buying a contract 12 to 18 months out instead of trying the ever so popular oil ETF $USO. The ideas of contracts at different months with […]
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Managed Futures Rankings
We doubt anyone is staying up all night waiting to see who made it into our semi-annual rankings the way they watched Doogie Howser dishing out awards in his underwear; but we do take this stuff seriously around here, and are excited to announce we just finished calculating our latest Semi-Annual Managed Futures Rankings, updated through January 2015. The rankings are something we do every 6 months in pursuit of answering that eternally difficult question to answer: “What’s the BEST managed futures program?”
Disclaimers
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The entries on this blog are intended to further subscribers understanding, education, and – at times – enjoyment of the world of alternative investments. Unless distinctly noted otherwise, the data and graphs included herein are intended to be mere examples and exhibits of the topic discussed, are for educational and illustrative purposes only, and do not represent trading in actual accounts. Opinions expressed are that of the author.
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.
The mention of market based performance (i.e. Corn was up 5% today) reflects all available information as of the time and date of the publication.
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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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