It’s been a little over 10 months since we’ve looked at the Meat markets (Live and Feeder Cattle) hitting all time highs, and if you think that’s because the ascent has slowed down… think again. It’s almost become S&P-like boring to talk about…. Ho hum, another all time high in Cattle today as the market has marched on and on this year. . Feeder Cattle is up 42%, while Live cattle is up 22% YTD. But it’s not just this year. The cattle markets have been in a consistent uptrend the past 4-5 years, more than doubling in price since 2010 {past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results}.
Category: Managed Futures
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Nov
2014
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Nov
2014
Attain Funds – October Performance
We launched a family of alternative investment funds earlier this year, and the October performance numbers are in (see below). To get the full platform report emailed monthly with commentary on how each fund made/lost money, full track records, and all the relevant stats – register here.
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Nov
2014
Alt Links: Word of the Week (Commodity Trading Advisor)
Bloomberg’s Word of the Week is a Commodity Trading Advisor
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Nov
2014
Managed Futures October Performance
Managed Futures continues its strong performance the 2nd half of 2014, with three of the four indices we track posting almost identical returns for October, a positive 1.06% {past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results}.
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Nov
2014
Never Tell Me The Odds
How often does the Dow recover from a correction? how often does it finish better than it’s drawdown? The stats since 1900.
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Oct
2014
Pursuing Portfolio Perfection
It’s long been argued that that the point of “True Diversification” is to offer the lowest volatility providing the most returns. But what if exposing yourself to the lowest amount of Volatility is actually not the right choice? What if “Low Volatility is not so Smart?” We decided to take on the quest of the perfect portfolio, running the data on the 5 portfolio’s listed above over the past 10 years, to see which portfolio offered the best approach.
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Oct
2014
How a Futures Trader Looks at Markets
If you’re already a Futures market guru, enjoy the rest of your day. Nothing to see here. But for those who might not consider themselves experts, here’s some insight into how a futures market trader, or really anyone who knows 1. There’s more than one “market” and 2. There’s more than one side to the […]
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Oct
2014
Best Managed Futures Programs – September
While one month’s performance is no way to judge an investment that has 3 to 5 year cycles, a glance at who’s doing well in the different environments month to month can be a useful data point at times. Here’s the top managed futures performers (by return only) for the month gone by:
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Oct
2014
900% Increase in Oil Production, Gas Below $3, and Oil to Zero?
Some might call it a Crude Oil miracle. Gas Prices are below 3 dollars a gallon in an least a dozen states. Crude Oil Futures are down more than 21% since July, now hovering around the 80 point mark But the mindblowing chart of oil comes from production in North Dakota. Over the past ten year, the average annual oil production has increased 967% (2003-2013) WHAT?! That can’t be.
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Oct
2014
Weekend Reads, That was Ugly (for Stocks) Edition
Get your rest this weekend…. it’s bound to be exciting next week. Will the August lows hold in the Dow, Nasdaq, and S&P? Can Crude Oil print a 7 handle? Will US interest rates go negative? Stay tuned… In case you were sleeping: There was a big Stock Market Sell Off this week: Did the […]
