Why Value Investing is so Hard (Managed Futures Style)
Recently, came across Meb Faber’s blog post “Why Value Investing is so Hard,” and every word we read seemed to resonate a little too well for us in the Managed Futures side of things. Meb chose to focus his efforts on Value Investing — Russian Edition, listing specific examples of why value investing is so difficult.
Are You Being a Phil Mickelson?
What do we mean by that? We’re talking about investors tending to overweight what is performing well, versus maintaining a long term investment horizon. Phil Mickelson knows Augusta National through and through, and thinks he doesn’t need clubs for the long chip (100 yards). We can’t help but think the long chipping clubs are the “Alternative Investment Clubs” of financial world, as they haven’t been up to par performance wise
Performance of 40 Futures Markets after Q1
Commodities continue to grab headlines this year, as stocks stumble thus far in April, forcing many to question whether 2014 is the year of “Commodity Sex Appeal?” We’re a little bit past the first quarter of the year, and there’s reason to believe in the appeal by the amount of green shimmering below.
Floating Gold (Whale Poop) worth more than Commodity Gold?
Well, let’s see how much that Whale Poop is really worth. While there is not exchange rate for Whale Poop, the guy was handed 100,000 British Pounds (about $167,000 US Dollars) for 6 pounds of ambergris.
Get your Comments in (CTA/CPO Capital Requirements)
We won’t bore you with our full response, which is likely a little too much ‘inside baseball’ for most. But here’s some questions to ponder before writing up your comments (and please do, CPO’s/CTA’s).
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