Attain presents Why Alternatives?: Alternative Coverage at NAPFA
As part of the conference flurry this week, Attain has been popping in at NAPFA for several panels. One that caught our attention was “Understanding Alternative Investing” with David Wright, Managing Director with Sierra Investment Management. It wasn’t what we’d call a love-fest for alternatives, but that made it all the more interesting.
Attain presents Why Alternatives?: Global Debt Panel at CFA
The CFA conference continued with Barry Ritholtz, John Mauldin, David Rosenberg and Anatole Kaletsky talking about the global debt crisis. If you’ve ever seen any of these folks speak or read their work, you know you can’t do much better than this group on that topic.
Newsletter: Why NOT Alternatives?
If you follow the blog, you know by now that we’re doing a sort of celebration of alternatives throughout this week, so it only made sense to have a newsletter that stayed in the same vein. We initially set out to celebrate Registered Investment Advisers (RIAs) who were bringing their clients alternatives- particularly managed futures. However, as we journeyed through the interviews for the piece, a more valuable story emerged: the tale of how the RIAs got to a point where they wanted to offer alternatives- and managed futures, in particular- at all.
More Cooks = Better Soup?
We recently had an opportunity to talk with Elizabeth Flores, the Executive Director of the Asset Managers Group at CME Group, about the effects of higher volume and assets shifting into the futures market, and we think her analysis is spot-on.
Attain presents Why Alternatives?: Update from the CFA Institute National Conference
The CFA Institute National Conference is underway, and if James Montier’s opening remarks are any indication, we’re in for a great week of research, analysis, and education.
Disclaimers
Managed futures, commodity trading, forex trading, and other alternative investments are complex and carry a risk of substantial losses. As such, they are not suitable for all investors. You should not rely on any of the information as a substitute for the exercise of your own skill and judgment in making such a decision on the appropriateness of such investments.
The entries on this blog are intended to further subscribers understanding, education, and – at times – enjoyment of the world of alternative investments. Unless distinctly noted otherwise, the data and graphs included herein are intended to be mere examples and exhibits of the topic discussed, are for educational and illustrative purposes only, and do not represent trading in actual accounts. Opinions expressed are that of the author.
The mention of specific asset class performance (i.e. +3.2%, -4.6%) is based on the noted source index (i.e. Newedge CTA Index, S&P 500 Index, etc.), and investors should take care to understand that any index performance is for the constituents of that index only, and does not represent the entire universe of possible investments within that asset class. And further, that there can be limitations and biases to indices such as survivorship, self reporting, and instant history.
The performance data for various Commodity Trading Advisor (“CTA”) and Commodity Pools are compiled from various sources, including Barclay Hedge, RCM’s own estimates of performance based on account managed by advisors on its books, and reports directly from the advisors. These performance figures should not be relied on independent of the individual advisor’s disclosure document, which has important information regarding the method of calculation used, whether or not the performance includes proprietary results, and other important footnotes on the advisor’s track record.
The mention of general asset class performance (i.e. managed futures did well, stocks were down, bonds were up) is based on RCM’s direct experience in those asset classes, estimates of performance of dozens of CTAs followed by RCM, and averaging of various indices designed to track said asset classes.
The mention of market based performance (i.e. Corn was up 5% today) reflects all available information as of the time and date of the publication.
The owner of this blog, RCM Alternatives, may receive various forms of compensation from certain investment managers highlighted and/or mentioned within the blog, including but not limited to retaining: a portion of trade commissions, a portion of the fees charged to investors by the investment managers, a portion of the fees for operating a fund for the investment managers via affiliate Attain Portfolio Advisors, or via direct payment for marketing services.
Managed Futures Disclaimer:
Past Performance is Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Results. The regulations of the CFTC require that prospective clients of a managed futures program (CTA) receive a disclosure document when they are solicited to enter into an agreement whereby the CTA will direct or guide the client’s commodity interest trading and that certain risk factors be highlighted. The disclosure document contains a complete description of the principal risk factors and each fee to be charged to your account by the CTA.
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