What are you supposed to feel when one of your loved ones graduates college or gets that new job they need to move away for; Proud? Sad? Likely a little bit of both. That’s the emotions we’ve had since last week when it was announced that RCM’s trading technology (small “Ts”) focused affiliate RCM-X was […]
Category: Alternative Investments
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Mar
2022
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Mar
2022
Vol Persistence, The Unholy Trinity of Risk, and the (100 yr) Dragon Portfolio for our 100th episode with Chris Cole
Picture this…Downtown Chicago…December 2019 B.C. (Before COVID)…The RCM crew is venturing out to a small studio ready to record the first episode of The Derivative, with no video or clue what we were doing! Who would have thought we would be crossing the 100th episode mark just two short years later!? And, we couldn’t celebrate […]
04
Mar
2022
Asset Class Scoreboard: February 2022
February brought slight improvements to most of the asset class categories during the second month of the year. However, many were still left in the red. While World Stocks continued to drop, and with the moderate increases in Hedge Funds, U.S. stocks, bonds, and U.S. Real Estate, they all remained in the negative. As for […]
03
Mar
2022
A Macro take on Russia’s Gambit, Oil, Gold, Bitcoin and more with Luke Gromen
Oil prices spiking. Wheat at new highs. A bid in Bitcoin. Russia’s invasion on its neighbor, Ukraine, got the world’s attention and moved all sorts of markets. While our human side rallies around the Ukrainian people, our financial minds turn to wondering what is going on and what impact this chaos will bring on? To […]
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Feb
2022
A Closer Look at the Average Historical Return for CTAs
A lot of talk on Twitter this week pointing out that CTA / managed futures/trend following has been doing quite well during this sell-off and rally in commodity markets like Oil….without much in the way of investor interest?? SG CTA Trend index is up >8% year-to-date and it feels like people still aren’t interested in […]
24
Feb
2022
VIX in the 30s, talking market shocks and VIX spikes with Brian Stutland of Equity Armor
With news of Russia invading Ukraine, it was as scary, market-wise, as it’s been since March of 2020 with global stock indices selling off rapidly overnight to send the Nasdaq into bear market territory, SP into correction, and the Nikkei to 15-month low. As the craziness ensued, VIX spiked up to 34 – so we got VIX expert […]
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Feb
2022
Trend following. The dynamic systems & strategies that make up a modern CTA, w/ EMCs John Krautsack
From his days as a clerk in the S&P pits to becoming Chairman and CEO of EMC Capital, John Krautsack is here to tell us about his journey in the futures industry — and nothing is off limits! From his wild west pit days to working for one of the original turtle traders, the late […]
14
Feb
2022
Thanks! RCM Recognized as Best Introducing Broker for 9th Year
From businesses to individuals, we all have been impacted by the pandemic in one way or another. As we continuously navigate through what seems to be a new strain every other week, COVID has prompted many companies to think outside of the box and change how they communicate with their customers. Change opens the door […]
10
Feb
2022
High Frequency Trading and Systematic Macro Funds with Matthew Hanna of Teza Technology
There are not a lot of Florida Gator fans in Utah, just like there are few firms that move from high-frequency trading (HFT) into the mutual fund space. That’s why Matthew Hanna from Teza Capital Management is here to talk us through what it is like running a systematic macro mutual fund. He reviews Teza’s […]
07
Feb
2022
Yes… you should do Miami Hedge Fund Week
Are we the only ones that are reminiscing of those warm, sunny Miami days as we bravely endure another winter snowstorm in the tundra of Chicago? It’s leaving us posting photo captions saying, “take us back.” Miami Hedge Fund Week, as it has become unofficially known, happens the last week of January down in the […]
