We’re probably at risk of not getting that David Harding interview next time he’s in town… but we just can’t help but wonder aloud what happened with Winton in September.
Category: Managed Futures
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Oct
2014
07
Oct
2014
Attain Funds – September Performance
We launched a family of alternative investment funds earlier this year, and just can’t help but share the September performance.
06
Oct
2014
Asset Class Scoreboard YTD – Look Who’s Climbing
They all moved down together in July, back up together in August, then back down together in September…. Except for a little asset class named Managed Futures, which (right on cue) broke away from the others to post positive performance for the month to complete its best quarter since 2008 to move up to the third best performing asset class YTD.
02
Oct
2014
Shhh… Managed Futures up 4.93% in Q3
Being in the managed futures biz, you might expect us to be leading a parade complete with marching band and tumbling coppers a’ la the opening scene of Austin Powers following a month like September, where two of the family of Attain Funds posted double digit returns, and the managed futures index was up 1.94% to finish the 3rd quarter up +4.93% (past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results)
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Sep
2014
Long the US Dollar… And Loving it
We tend to have a knack for highlighting a certain market move or environment on the blog, and that market or environment quickly reversing course upon our piece hitting the airwaves. The latest example looks to be the Currency Markets. So it’s no coincidence that the ‘best quarter for the dollar in 4 years’ coincides with the best managed futures performance in 4 years. This is just the sort of move that managed futures programs are designed to capture.
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Sep
2014
108 Tools to Grow your fund business
It’s that time of year again for Alternative Investment folks to storm Chicago for two different conferences, NIBA and the CTA Expo, with emerging and seasoned managers alike speaking, networking, and cocktailing in between sessions on Liquid Alts, compliance, and history lessons from CME founder Leo Melamed.
A little over a year ago, we came out with a piece entitled, “So You want to be a CTA?” explaining the ins and outs, and steps needed before making a real go at it. But where’s the list of software, lawyers, accountants, and what not – that CTAs use and rely on to make their business go?
Without further ado – our list of 109 or so commodity trading advisor resources:
(Note, firms are listed alphabetically in each category, and we’ve used their own descriptions, edited to remove the ‘we’re the best’ language… and – we can’t take full credit for aggregating all of these, The CTA Expo service provider directory gave us a great start).
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Sep
2014
A Golf Clap for Reporting on “Commodity Hedge Funds”
Managed Futures and alternatives have been getting a bad rap over the past couple of years, and we’ve spent far too much time “setting the record straight.” We thought it might be a good idea to highlight a major publication (The Wall Street Journal) for doing a decent job capturing the climate of “commodity hedge funds” this summer. What are we talking about?
22
Sep
2014
The Top Ten Managed Futures Performers of August
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:
Note: These programs are not necessarily recommended by Attain. For a list with much more thought behind it – check our semi-annual rankings (updated July 2014).
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Sep
2014
Alt Links: Hedge Funds finally going to advertise?
It was all Apple all last week, now it’s all Alibaba and Scottish independence. If need something besides those stories to munch on, here’s some mid-week reads on alternatives: CFTC eases marketing rules on private hedge funds (CFTC) Meet the New Fund, Same As the Old Fund? Thoughts on Alternative Investments – (The Independent […]
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Sep
2014
150 Asset Class Returns in One Chart
We love these new looking charts that keep popping up (the latest was over here on Ritholtz) showing how the different asset classes go from the top to the bottom, to the middle, and so forth depending on the year… implying if not outright saying that it’s a fool’s game to try to pick which […]
