Category: Alternative Investments

10 Dec 2024

What’s on Allocators Minds

Our Managing Director & Partner, Jeff Malec, recently shared his perspective on “What Allocators Look For in Evolving Managers” at an industry event, which led one audience member to say you should put that up in a blog.  Voila.. Here you go: The Evolution of Portfolio Construction Gone are the days of the one-size-fits-all alternative […]

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05 Jan 2023

Mutual Fund Performance: December 2022

The weather outside was frightful for some of the US markets in December. As risks of recession loomed, equities and bond prices fell in tandem (again). Volatility increased modestly providing a meager meal long volatility strategies. A milder European winter (so far) helped energy prices mostly decline through the month, especially natural gas. The USD […]

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30 Nov 2022

Here’s Why the FTX debacle wouldn’t happen in the Heavily Regulated Futures World

You know how the old saying goes…where there’s smoke, there’s fire: 1) Hey all: I have a few announcements to make. Things have come full circle, and https://t.co/DWPOotRHcX‘s first, and last, investors are the same: we have come to an agreement on a strategic transaction with Binance for https://t.co/DWPOotRHcX (pending DD etc.). — SBF (@SBF_FTX) […]

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07 Nov 2022
Markets, RCM Alternatives, Asset Class

Asset Class Scoreboard: October 2022

U.S. Stocks gave a comeback last month after being down its’ previous two months rising to the top of the list. While in September we saw nearly all assets in the red, October bounced back for most assets while equities continue to fall. Although we didn’t see a dramatic climb for Managed futures, it’s still […]

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04 Oct 2022
Markets, RCM Alternatives, Asset Class

Asset Class Scoreboard: September 2022

And for its next trick – managed futures will try and make money without the help of commodities. That mantra was seemingly playing out in September and throughout the 3rd quarter as managed futures shrugged off reversals lower in commodity markets and continued to post positive gains thanks to an incredible up trend in the […]

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02 Aug 2022
Markets, RCM Alternatives, Asset Class

Asset Class Scoreboard: July 2022

There it was…the old dead cat bounce as investors suddenly decided maybe things are so bad the Fed will not just stop raising rates, but eventually cut rates – and started buying hand over fist in reaction. And what a bounce it was for US Stocks and Real estate, which both threatened double-digit single-month returns […]

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05 Jul 2022
Markets, RCM Alternatives, Asset Class

Asset Class Scoreboard: June 2022

It’s a bird, it’s a plane… no, it’s managed futures, clocking in with gains once again this year as other assets get hammered down. It won’t always be like this… it hasn’t been like this for a while. But it’s here now. What’s more, managed futures did it this month without the commodity headwind, relying […]

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14 Jun 2022

May Mutual Fund Performance

May felt like a maelstrom in the moment but produced forgetful market activity. Equities continued their fall from grace, yet volatility remained muted which created a difficult environment for some VOL strategies. US bonds spent most of the month in a relief rally only to produce flat returns. Commodities were a mixed bag with grains […]

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06 Jun 2022
Markets, RCM Alternatives, Asset Class

Asset Class Scoreboard: May 2022

Wait a second… Managed Futures can go down? Stocks and Bonds can go up?  May showed us it is never quite that easy for asset classes to continue printing positive month after positive month (or negative after negative month) into infinity. Trends do end. Reversals do happen. Value buyers come in. Profit takers take profits. […]

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