2011 Asset Class Scorecard – Round 1
The data has been compiled (finally!) and it is time to see how the various asset classes stack up performance wise so far in 2011. With stocks on a tear, it does not surprise us to see that US Real Estate, US Stocks, and World Stocks at the top of the list. For real estate, […]
Data just in – Managed Futures End 2010 as hedge fund strategy with most assets under management
Last September, we were the first to report that Managed Futures had skyrocketed to the #1 hedge fund strategy in terms of assets under management (blog post), according to data collected by Barclay Hedge, with $223 Billion in total assets vs the massive $1.7 Trillion Hedge Fund industry. As we fast forward to the end […]
Newsletter: Why your diversification strategy probably won’t work
Heavyweight Welton Investment Corp. (1/2 a billion under mgmt., 13% comp. ROR, -12% Max DD) was nice enough to let us post their excellent research piece on the error prone current asset allocation method of diversifying, in our newsletter last night. You can read the full piece here: Diversification, Often Discussed, but Frequently Misunderstood – by […]
Softs say..what about me?
After highlighting the grain markets posting fresh 2.5 year highs yesterday (and then seeing them promptly sell off), the Softs staged a rally of their own today to push them to 13 to near 30 year highs (and Bernanke is still claiming no inflation?) One odd thing concerning managed futures… While nearly every systematic multi-market […]
Corn, Wheat, Soybeans at fresh 1 to 2.5 year highs benefiting Managed Futures
We mentioned in our 2011 Managed Futures Outlook how it may be tough for managed futures to see gains this year from further upside moves, but the entire grain complex is proving us wrong over the past several weeks, and again today – with the grain complex making fresh 1 to 2.5 year highs today […]
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