All but one of the eight asset classes we track month to month ended June in the red.
Category: Managed Futures
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.
06
Jul
2015
Managed Futures June Performance
Most of the Managed Futures industry was short bonds, long stocks, and short foreign currencies; all of which were either choppy or down on the month.
02
Jul
2015
Closing Time for the Pits
A long standing tradition in Chicago is officially coming to a close, with the CME starting to shutter its pits starting Monday, July 6th. What started as a way for farmers (both grains and pigs) to hedge their crops
25
Jun
2015
MFA Recap: There’s no Crumpets at the Four Seasons
The life of a hedge fund manager can be so very tough at times… Take the just concluded Managed Funds Association’s “Forum 2015”, where managers have to make it through the squalor, noise, and smells of (wait for it…) the Four Seasons Hotel, dressed in nothing but a suit (usually without a tie). All sarcasm […]
22
Jun
2015
Why your Best Long Term Strategy might be Short Term
But all of this begs the question – how can a managers whose strategy is based in capitalizing on moves that happen in hours to days be a long term investment strategy?
18
Jun
2015
Alternative Investors are Asking the Wrong Questions
As the registered investment advisor space continues to grow, and the use of Alternative Investments by those advisors continues to grow; we find ourselves talking with more and more ‘RIAs’, helping them truly understand what’s under the hood of the managed futures labeled mutual fund or private placement they’re considering.
10
Jun
2015
Attain Family of Funds May Performance
In a month where the major managed futures indices fell flat, down just under -1%, three of the four Attain Family of Funds finished on the right side of the even mark. The top performer was the Short Term Alpha Fund, up +3.90% in May, thanks in part to the volatile moves in currencies and natural gas {Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results}.
09
Jun
2015
Bund of a Lifetime?
Bond King is calling for the “short of a lifetime”…. The Bund. And, no, we’re not talking about the disappearance of cumberbunds at weddings. We’re talking about the German Bund (the European equivalent of the US 10 year note).
08
Jun
2015
Why Bonds aren’t moving like Bond ETFs
t’s easy enough to start surfing the web, looking for low cost investments and end up in the ETF space.
