What recent margin raises mean for CTAs (hint: nothing)
The CME has kept the hits coming this week, raising margins on Crude Oil this time, after 5 consecutive hikes on Silver the week before that. Whether last week’s commodity sell off and the sell off part two, today; are because of these hikes has been in debate across the airwaves. We’ve written in this […]
How long would you sit in jail for $1 billion?
The news story dominating the airwaves is the guilty verdict delivered today for one Raj Rajaratnam- the infamous hedge fund chief who was taken to task for alleged insider trading in 2009. He was found guilty of 5 counts of conspiracy and 9 counts of securities fraud, which theoretically, if maximum sentencing and fines take […]
Is bigger better with CTAs?
We’ve discussed how size may impact performance of a CTA in a past newsletter, but were reminded of the puzzling conundrum in a recent article we stumbled across. The post was highly critical of CTAs in general, discussing commodity prices and riding the speculator blame train that we’ve derailed multiple times in this space, but […]
How much are you paying for your managed futures access?
Our weekly newsletter is up, and we’re looking to help you get more money out of your investments. Fees, fees everywhere… it can be hard for an investor just journeying into managed futures territory to know which ones are necessary, and which ones aren’t- especially with new products claiming to offer exposure to the asset […]
Oops! Be Careful What You Wish For…
We’ve done a couple of posts recently about speculators and how they’re being blamed by politicians and the media for rising consumer prices. And we haven’t made a secret about the fact that we completely disagree. Turns out, we’re not the only ones who think the finger pointing is misplaced/counter-productive/sophomoric. The Huffington Post published an […]
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