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Category: Managed Futures
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Oct
2016
25
Oct
2016
No Volatility, No Bueno for Managed Futures / Macro
Overlaying the SocGen CTA index on top of this currency volatility chart, you can see the high correlation between managed futures returns and the level of volatility in Global currencies.
20
Oct
2016
The New Asset Class: Investing in (or against) the VIX (Part 2)
Earlier this week, we gave a brief recap of CBOE Director of Education’s Russell Rhoads presentation of VIX Futures, but that was just half the fun. We also had four professional hedge fund managers (technically, commodity trading advisors since these are VIX futures) share how they view volatility as an investment opportunity, not just a […]
18
Oct
2016
Scenes from “The New Asset Class: Investing in the VIX”
We see the VIX mentioned often in the financial media and blogospere, where it’s often referred to as the “fear gauge” or pulled up on the screen to show just how scary of a market drop it was on such and such a day, as evidenced by the spike in the VIX. But while most […]
13
Oct
2016
About that Brexit Market Drop… It’s Still Happening
the British Pound is here to remind us all that the Brexit vote fall out is alive and well, thank you.
12
Oct
2016
Alternative Links: Liquid Alts in Q3
Managed futures was the only liquid alt category with positive inflows in Q3, per Morningstar data
10
Oct
2016
Are you Keeping Up with the rest of the Managed Futures space?
This article was previously published on CTA Intelligence. There’s no doubt investors are paying attention to the managed futures space, with 27 straight months of inflows according to Morningstar, even while the larger group of ‘hedge funds’ has seen tens of billions move out the door. What’s more, according to Preqin, 17% of those allocated […]
06
Oct
2016
Asset Class Scoreboard September
The rest of the market is barely making a move; with four of the eight asset classes we track not moving more than five one-hundredths of a percent!
05
Oct
2016
26
Sep
2016
Hillary Clinton’s Controversial Futures Trades
If Hillary were to win in November, she would be the first president to have a futures account
