A couple of weeks ago, Managed Futures managers were begging for volatility. There was none to be found in the financial markets, but it’s a totally different story post-election. Whether you want to look at the surging U.S. Dollar index or the free falling Euro currency market, there’s movement to be seen. For example, the […]
Category: Markets
01
Nov
2016
When The Markets Move As One
Are the markets really reacting to the FBI’s news that they’re looking at more emails tied to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton? Whatever you might think is moving the markets, it seems that it’s not just equities that are slumping. Every asset class we track albeit cash, took a dive in the month of […]
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 […]
30
Sep
2016
What Moves Futures Markets
A three market mashup of the CME’s infographics covering grains, meats, and energy markets, highlighting 5 main categories of events that move futures prices this way or that.
27
Sep
2016
8 Markets in Contango and Backwardation
One way to get a look at these ‘guesses’ on where future prices will be is the futures price curve, which shows the prices of different futures contract months on a curve going out in time.
14
Sep
2016
Stop Fighting Volatility, Invest In It
Enter a handful of hedge fund managers who are doing just that, managing millions for investors via VIX futures and options market. How do they do it? Now’s your chance to meet them.
01
Sep
2016
The Mind Games of 2016 Markets
The markets are beside themselves, and it seems that all the volatility has been sucked out of the markets.
23
Aug
2016
What Everyone is Missing when they Play the Crude Market
The truth is, as much as we sometimes would like it to, the ETF structure just doesn’t jive with the structure of commodity markets.
22
Aug
2016
Ferraris, Fine Wines, and the Uncertain Alternative Investments
Ferrari’s, Cru wines, rare coins, and collectible jewelry “going mainstream” on the heels of ultra-low interest rates and volatile stocks.
18
Aug
2016
Meat Casino, Market Nonsense, The Domino Effect of Uncertainty
Hold on to your ranching hats, the meat market threw off its robes of anonymity for a few seconds with a Wall Street Journal piece out yesterday calling it a “meat casino:”
