Ignoring the metrics, the Bollinger Bands, the Average True Ranges — what are events telling us? Let’s pretend we’re a discretionary trader…
Category: Why Alternatives?
10
Aug
2015
9 Things to think about before playing the Commodities Sell Off
Behold, the current commodity carnage cliff notes: (we averaged the cash price move for each time frame of the commodity markets seen on FinViz for each sector, and sorted by return over the last 12 months).
07
Aug
2015
07
Aug
2015
Weekend Reads: Steven Seagal and Diamonds
Action Hero Seagal Seeks New Role as Diamond Investor in Siberia
06
Aug
2015
It Sure Feels Worse Than It Is
If you look at the asset class scoreboard it sure looks like everything is find (despite commodities), but it sure feels a lot worse than it is, with U.S. stocks near their annual lows this week, after being at their annual highs last month.
03
Aug
2015
This Easy Table will Help you Understand Correlation
The reputation around the alternative space is that Managed Futures is an asset class you need for diversification when the stock market goes into crisis.
30
Jul
2015
A Wealth of (Managed Futures) Common Sense
We couldn’t help but notice the subject of his musings on doing what works for you in his latest post, “The Importance of Intellectual Honesty in the Markets” is of Managed Futures.
29
Jul
2015
Alternative Links: Forever Stamps Are a Commodity
“You can see why managed futures grew in popularity following the crisis. This particular index outperformed stocks by more than 50% in 2008 and beat a 60/40 portfolio by roughly 40%. Predictably, managed futures mutual funds exploded in AUM from around $200 million in 2007 to almost $2.5 billion by the end of 2009 as […]
27
Jul
2015
Have They Convinced You Commodities Are Dead Yet?
If you had a dollar for every article about how horrible commodities have been performing, well, you’d be rich.
24
Jul
2015
The Life of a Gold Bug
It’s our hope to provide our readers with some laughs now and then on the blog. Our latest effort is publishing weekly cartoons of the “watercooler talk” in the alternatives. This week’s cartoon is titled, “The Life of a Gold Bug.”
