What’s the first thing you talk about with a stranger? The weather. Why? Because it’s constantly changing and meteorologists are poor predictors. It’s part of what makes global weather so volatile, and what makes those commodity futures markets that need such weather to grow so non-correlated to the equities. If we need any further proof of this, look […]
Category: Chart of the Week
11
Jun
2015
Does Greece Control the German Stock Market?
there’s no denying the role Greece has played in European markets, be it the Euro Currency, or the Euro Bund. Fast forward to today and we’re seeing the Dax make a bit of a crazy move of its own:
07
Jul
2015
Infographic: 7 Traditional vs 7 Alternative Assets in 5 Bear Markets
Introducing an infographic looking at 14 different asset classes performing during 5 different crisis periods over the past 20 years, thanks to our newly found graphic designer, which came as part of our merger with RCM.
22
Jul
2015
An Alternative Way to view Diversification
One of the many ways to look at diversification over the past 15 years. Have you called the winners each year?
23
Jul
2015
The Cringeworthy Long Only Commodities Table
How the numerous commodity ETFs which have sprung onto the scene the past few years are tracking a simple strategy of just buying the December futures market of that commodity, under the theory that the ETF will have to roll their positions periodically throughout the year, and in doing so take on costs the simple strategy does not have.
27
Jul
2015
Have They Convinced You Commodities Are Dead Yet?
If you had a dollar for every article about how horrible commodities have been performing, well, you’d be rich.
29
Jul
2015
Alternative Links: Forever Stamps Are a Commodity
“You can see why managed futures grew in popularity following the crisis. This particular index outperformed stocks by more than 50% in 2008 and beat a 60/40 portfolio by roughly 40%. Predictably, managed futures mutual funds exploded in AUM from around $200 million in 2007 to almost $2.5 billion by the end of 2009 as […]
30
Jul
2015
A Wealth of (Managed Futures) Common Sense
We couldn’t help but notice the subject of his musings on doing what works for you in his latest post, “The Importance of Intellectual Honesty in the Markets” is of Managed Futures.
06
Aug
2015
It Sure Feels Worse Than It Is
If you look at the asset class scoreboard it sure looks like everything is find (despite commodities), but it sure feels a lot worse than it is, with U.S. stocks near their annual lows this week, after being at their annual highs last month.
13
Aug
2015
Playing Discretionary Global Macro Trader For a Day
Ignoring the metrics, the Bollinger Bands, the Average True Ranges — what are events telling us? Let’s pretend we’re a discretionary trader…
