$4 Billion more into the pot…
Seems ‘Joe Public’ continues to plow money into long only commodity ETFs and Funds (see Reuters article here) despite the well publicized problems with several of them (USO and UNG specifically). We’ll take the opportunity to update our charts comparing the Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and now Corn cash and futures markets versus their ETF […]
Weekend Reads
It’s been a week of uncertainty, with massive drops in the Nikkei followed by small gains and a whole lot of speculation over what the future holds. As we type this post, government officials in Japan are reporting that the nuclear reactors are melting down. Since we don’t have a crystal ball to consult for […]
Managed Futures Second Fiddle as Billionaires
DealBreaker.com recently parsed the Forbes Billionaires list to find which of those on it are in alternative investments, finding an impressive 65 out of 1200 names are (PS – is it a little bit crazy that there are 1200 billionaires in the world?!). With managed futures now the strategy with the highest assets under management among […]
Is natural gas the new flight to quality investment?
We have been noticing Natural Gas rising on big ‘risk off’ days, and saw the same thing yesterday. With everything down except flight to quality plays Yen, Swiss franc, US Bonds, and the USD, is the once highly volatile and only for the wild west cowboys of the trading world Natural Gas market the new […]
Japan Quake Setting Off Market Aftershocks
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock all weekend, you all know the news out of Japan. While initial reports indicated that the nuclear facilities in range had been secured in time to prevent any major damage, subsequent explosions on site have caused near panic as news of radioactive leaks have spread. No one knows […]
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