Category: Other Voices

15 Jul 2016

Weekend Reads: Coup in Turkey

Dollar spikes against Turkish lira amid apparent attempted coup in Turkey – (CNBC) La Niña uncertainty sees natural gas futures soar by 45% — (CTA Intelligence) How Wall Street Bro Talk Keeps Women Down – (New York Times) Investors warming up to managed accounts – (Pensions & Investments) Robo-Adviser Betterment Hits the $5 Billion Mark […]

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13 Jul 2016

Alternative Links: Performance, Performance, Performance

Allocations and Institutional Investors: Institutional Investors are Vacationing at Lake Wobegon — (A Wealth of Common Sense) Credit Suisse Mid-Year Survey of Hedge Fund Investor Sentiment — (Credit Suisse) Artivest Poll: Lack of RIA Access to Quality Products Resulting in Low Alternative Allocations — (FINalternatives) Tax and Margins: Rep. DeFazio to Propose 0.03 Cent Financial […]

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01 Jul 2016

Weekend Reads: Flourishing and Dying

Managed Futures Thrives From Brexit – (RCM’s Attain Alternatives Blog) In Brexit Rout, Managed Futures Funds Emerge as Big Winners – (Bloomberg) Managed futures mutuals net $1.3bn profit from Brexit turmoil – (CTA Intelligence) Midyear Performance of Asset Class Scoreboard — (RCM’s Attain Alternatives Blog) Chicago: Map Shows Vast Disparity In Real Estate Prices By […]

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10 Jun 2016

Presidential Election Cycles Good For Managed Futures?

There’s no doubt this presidential cycle has been… interesting. The standard pedigree no longer exists, the candidates of the two major parties have the worst net popularity rating (strongly favor minus strongly unfavored) than any other candidate dating back to the 1980’s, and the anticipation of what’s going to happen next is captivating the world. […]

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09 Jun 2016

Alternative Links: Special CTA Report

Preqin Special CTA Report – (Preqin) Restoring ranchers’ faith in the cattle markets – (Grand Fork Sherald) FCM Outlook 2016: Brokers Finding New Fields Of Green – (JLN) Goldman Sells Stakes in Five Hedge Funds for $800 Million – (Bloomberg) USGS Estimates 66 Trillion Cubic Feet of Natural Gas in Colorado’s Mancos Shale Formation – […]

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