This week was tumultuous, to say the least. Greece teetered further toward the edge while stocks took a nosedive, only to bounce back for a less dramatic weekly loss. In the world of managed futures, the MFA conference gave us quite a lot to think about, and included great conversation with both new and old […]
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Jun
2011
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Jun
2011
Weekend Reads
Germany is backing off of Greece, which means we may see a slow down to the burgeoning Eurozone debt crisis. The problem is, even if a deal gets pushed through, odds are Greece will never actually be able to pay off their debt. The Dow Jones has broken its losing streak, but the Nasdaq continues […]
16
Jun
2011
Asset Class Scoreboard Through May 2011
It’s time to update our asset class scorecard through the end of May. As we expected, the May 5th commodity price correction threw managed futures for a loop, pushing them to the bottom of our asset class scorecard for year to date. Should current trends continue through the month, look to see stock numbers plunge […]
15
Jun
2011
Buyer Beware: Attain Bank, an Attain Capital Copycat, is trying to swindle investors
They say the sincerest form of flattery is imitation, but we aren’t feeling all that flattered. A Chinese website posing as “Attain Bank” has copied our site design, logos and web materials in an effort to lure Chinese investors. At first glance, it looks like the Attain Capital website- but don’t be fooled. If they […]
10
Jun
2011
Weekend Reads
It’s been an interesting week. Markets can’t make up their mind on which direction they want to go. Commentators can’t make up their mind on whether or not we’re in for another round of quantitative easing. Representative Anthony Weiner can’t make up his mind on whether or not he should resign for the image he […]
07
Jun
2011
Happy Anniversary, Bush Tax Cut Beneficiaries!
As of today, the Bush Tax Cuts have officially been in place for ten years. A lot has happened in the past decade. We’ve been embroiled in two wars, bombed a couple of other countries, expanded and popped a giant credit bubble, brought around a regime change in DC, turned said regime change on its […]
03
Jun
2011
Weekend Reads
The weather may have warmed up this week, but stocks turned frosty as they took a plunge. Commodities continued their up and down performance while rumors began to swirl about the inevitability of QE3 in the face of a worsening European debt crisis. And how about that debt ceiling? The chaos will continue over the […]
01
Jun
2011
Meat Markets in Free Fall Since April
While silver and crude price movements have been hogging the spotlight lately, meats have been quietly tanking since the beginning of April. What’s with the shift in momentum? Part of it is likely the general ‘risk off’ commodity sell off seen in May. But there are more involved supply/demand issues surrounding this sell off as […]
27
May
2011
Weekend Reads
It’s the Friday before Memorial day, and things are rather dead in our corner of the world. Of course, we’re sort of workaholics, so we’re busy preparing the next sensational piece for publication, but we’re sure that most folks are already launching into their holiday. As we said earlier today, the office will be closed […]
27
May
2011
ETFs v. Cash and Futures YTD
The past month has served as a prime example of why to invest in futures contracts instead of ETFs. Not only have ETFs continued their streak of underperforming futures contracts, but they expanded their rate of underperformance by at least a percentage point for each commodity. We still haven’t heard a good answer to our […]
