Credit Crunch Risk… Hedge Funds = Yes, Managed Futures = No
The SEC is bolstering/demonizing the reputation of hedge funds, with the somewhat shocking headline that the top hedge funds hold more than $1 Trillion in debt… This is another instance where we like to brag a little. You Ready? Managed Futures total debt = $0 The difference between managed futures and hedge funds are that managed futures doesn’t need to barrow money… Ever.
Risk On/Risk Off Market Snapshot: July 2013
After three consecutive above average Risk On/Risk Off months, the collective markets dipped back below the trend line in July – with just a single Risk On day coming a day after Fed Chairman Bernanke announced the Federal Reserve was delaying the end of QE. What does this mean for managed futures?
Forget the VIX – look at Global Market Volatility
Our friends at Chadwick Investment Group are out with a short research piece talking about how the VIX doesn’t really get the job done for analyzing whether the volatility environment is good or bad for managed futures:. The rest of their piece is a nice ‘back to the basics’ look at how volatility in multiple markets affects trend following returns, including some charts showing global volatility back near pre-crisis 2007 levels. Here’s to hoping that is a spring being loaded up with tension about to pop like it did in 2008…
The ‘Problem’ with Liquid Alternatives – in one nice Table
Adding ‘alternatives’ to your portfolio has never been as easy as today with the plethora of so called ‘liquid alternatives’, or mutual funds specializing in alternative investments such as mutual funds, which has made it even easier to separate the naive from their money. Principal Group explains all you ever need to know about managed futures in your portfolio in just a couple sentences. (heavy on the sarcasm).
If a Cow gets sick in New Zealand?
So you think you want to trade currencies. You better be up to date on the butterfly effect, or in this case – the Cow effect. earlier this week, China banned milk from New Zealand because of bacterium that could cause botulism. The news was enough to send the New Zealand Dollar down around 1%, leading headline grabbing Business Insider to declare “Dairy Scare Is Causing Chaos For The New Zealand Dollar.” But is the milk actually the cause of the chaos, and it is actually chaos to begin with?
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