Chart of the Week: Battle of the Juggernaut Exchanges, WTI vs. Brent
The futures industry is always striving for change, pushing for innovation, growth, and stability. Over the past year and a half, this concept has taken form in the competition between the CME and ICE over which holds more incentive for traders. One of the specifics has come down to liquidity in the markets, specifically, Crude Oil. Part of this is driven by the market itself, and here is an updated comparison.
Chart of the Week: Managed Futures AUM Controversy
Discussing the AUM of the managed futures industry can be tricky. It’s this very reason that we are reading conflicting reports of 2013 AUM and asset flows for Managed Futures.
Chart of the Week: Hog Prices and the Deadly Diarrhea Swine Virus
Sometimes the headlines just write themselves… Hogs have been up 15 out of the past 20 days, with a run of six straight up days in there and two “up limit” moves based on this diarrhea virus. Just what is ‘up limit’ or as it’s also called – ‘Limit Up’? And how much could you lose if you were on the wrong side of the trade?
Chart of the Week: YTD Asset Class Scoreboard
Here’s our usual monthly look at the scoreboard, after the February numbers for everything we track are finally in. That’s a rarely seen octuple, with all 8 asset classes posting positive performance in February, and all but managed futures positive on the year. C’mon managed futures … get in the game!
Chart of the Week: The Incredibly Boring Crude Oil Market
Crude Oil has become…dare we say… boring. Just take a look a the incredible shrinking range of Crude over the past 3.5 years to see what we mean. Crude had over a $100 point range in 2008, a $60 range in 2009, and about $40 in 2011. But since then it’s been smaller and smaller daily, weekly, and annual ranges for the poster child of commodities. Just look at last year, where despite tensions tension’s in the Middle East last summer and train holding thousands of gallons of oil derailing, the volatility in crude oil decreased by -18%. But here’s the thing…
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