Happy Birthday, Bond Futures
Today marks an important anniversary in the world of futures trading, and for managed futures in particular. This is an occasion we’re happy to mark, because managed futures in particular owes the bond pits one heck of a birthday present.
Platinum Market Heating Up
Not every market has bee quiet lately – platinum has put on an impressive spike in the last few days. It seems that an outbreak of violence has hampered mining operations – unfortunate circumstances that may be a significant sign for portfolio diversification moving forward.
Managed Futures Strategy Focus: Agricultural Traders
Our newsletter for the week is out, and this time we’re taking a closer look at Agriculture-focused Commodity Trading Advisors, or as we refer to them in our office, Ag Traders. The recent grain-rallying drought in the U.S., and the resulting performance of Ag Traders during those times, has put the light squarely on these frequently overlooked options. With that enhanced attention has come a slew of inquiries, and we decided it was probably time to take a much deeper look at the Ag Trading strategy.
Review: Drobney’s “The Invisible Hands”
I finally finished Steven Drobny’s 2010 book: The Invisible Hands: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Bubbles, Crashes, and Real Money. If you are a pension fund or endowment investment manager, this is a must-read. If not, well, you should probably read it anyway.
PFGBest Update: Finally Taking Action
We were glad to see last week’s announcement from the NFA that they will be requiring all FCMs to give always-on access to view their segregated accounts online, but it’s still possible that someone will figure out a way to get by the new electronic confirmations. That’s why we’ve been calling for a SIPC-style insurance plan for the futures industry since last November – and now, it seems this proposal is finally being taken seriously.
Disclaimers
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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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