The Managed Futures Landscape
Although we’re a few weeks past the end of the 2nd quarter and midpoint of the year (and embroiled in the debt ceiling drama), we managed to sneak in a little time to update the charts and graphs measuring the various components which drive managed futures performance found in our 2011 Managed Futures Outlook. First […]
Bracing for the Default Storm
Remember that wake-up we talked about earlier this week that was coming? And how it started yesterday? Well, if we’re sticking with the Matrix analogy, the markets just woke up in the middle of that crazy human harvesting center, and the scramble to protect assets is underway. How do we mean? Just as we feared […]
Dighton Defends the Dollar
After what has been a bad July for Dighton Capital, and anyone else long the US Dollar, Dighton’s head trader, Alex Moiseev, is out today with the following ‘defense’ of Dighton’s long U.S. Dollar/ short Swiss Franc positions (view the full release here). “The Fed has confirmed it will not launch QE3 any time soon […]
What a Difference a Day Makes…
Quick update on the debt debacle – or as John Stewart calls it: Armadebton. Looks like the Hollywood-esque market pricing we referred to on the blog yesterday has reversed course somewhat: T-Bills are finally starting to react – ZeroHedge explains it well. [such a divergence on the long end helped bring down Long Term Capital Mgmt… btw] Major stock […]
Guest Post: The 800-pound Hedge Fund Gorilla Might Have a Monkey on its Back
We’ve received permission to reprint the following Interesting piece out today on All About Alpha showing three separate research pieces which point to better performance for smaller managers over the 800 pound gorillas of the hedge fund world. This mirrors some research we did in 2010 and posted in our newsletter titled: Is bigger better? […]
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