Managed Futures and Multi-Strategy Funds: The Search for Diversification
Category: Why Alternatives?
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Jun
2016
The Comeback Kid of the 2016 Asset Class Scoreboard
Don’t look now, but the long only Commodity ETF ($GSG) has gone through a 16% swing over the past three months to move all the way up to the top spot on May’s asset class scoreboard. Commodities have gone knocking on death’s door, to establishing a drawdown valley, to leading all asset classes after a […]
20
May
2016
Weekend Reads: Equities Neutral, Upgrades Commodities
Goldman Sachs cuts equities to ‘neutral’, upgrades commodities
18
May
2016
Alternative Links: New Chicago Trading Pit
A New Trading Floor in 2016? Options Market Turns to Old Tactic – (Bloomberg) How Should Alternative Investments Be Benchmarked? – (A Wealth of Common Sense) The Future of the Hedge Fund Industry – (A Wealth of Common Sense) Q&A: Roy Niederhoffer – (CTA Intelligence) The Strategy I’ve Heard So Much About – (Michael Melissinos) […]
03
May
2016
Asset Class Scoreboard April Performance
Pop the champagne! For the first time in 2016, all 8 asset classes we track are positive on the year, with the most surprising leader: commodities
25
Apr
2016
The World with Negative Interest Rates
Don’t look now, but almost 40% of the global bond markets have negative interest rates. Just what are negative interest rates and what does it mean for the average investor?
20
Apr
2016
Alternative Links: Top 5 Control 70% of the AUM
The five largest CTA mutual funds account for 70% of the AUM,
15
Apr
2016
Weekend Reads: Living Wills Rejected
Five Big Banks’ Living Wills Are Rejected by U.S. Regulators
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Apr
2016
08
Apr
2016
Weekend Reads: The Future of Finance
How Chicago’s top trading tech firms are shaping the future of finance
