The study found that only 439 hedge funds employ a female portfolio manager, compared with 9,081 that employ a male investment manager.
Category: Investing Insight
06
Mar
2017
Why The Futures World Welcomes Tax Season
Those of us who invest or trade futures markets have a little different take on tax season, feeling a little more celebratory.
01
Mar
2017
Alternative Links: Peak Commodity Love
As a group, hedge funds now hold a record net long position equivalent to 951 million barrels across the three main Brent and WTI contracts
22
Feb
2017
Alternative Links: Bullish Oil Market
Forward prices for crude oil are signaling tightening supply for the first time since the market crashed in 2014. Oil Market Signal Turns Bullish for 1st Time Since Crash – (Bloomberg) Investors can look to managed futures funds to help reduce their exposure to risk. It is the transparency and liquidity that make active […]
16
Feb
2017
RCM Alternatives Wins Best Introducing Broker Fourth Year in a Row
If you’ve been spent any time on the RCM Alternatives website as of late, you might have noticed things look a little different. We’re talking about a completely fresh look, designed purely with the idea of making it as user friendly as possible for potential investors to find an alternative investment research, stats, and a […]
13
Feb
2017
How Will Trump Affect the Global Macro / Managed Futures World?
Today, we published our 2017 Managed Futures/Global Macro Outlook, and there’s one rather ‘in the news’ figure we couldn’t help but analyze given his penchant for market moving tweets and what not.
Yes, It seems leaders in the industry are thinking Trump could very well, “Make Discretionary Marco Great Again.” The thought process is Managed Futures and Global Macro styles should expect….
08
Feb
2017
If Ed Thorp was a Legend, What’s that Make these guys?
Ed Thorp is a legend in the Hedge Fund / Managed Futures / Global Macro space, but it’s not every day he gets the spotlight in today’s Dow 20,000 meme filled clutter that is financial blogging. That changed recently, however, when one of the bloggers for Ritholtz Wealth Management (Michael Batnick) outlined Thorp’s backstory and […]
08
Feb
2017
Alternative Links: FXCM Banned
FXCM has been banned from operating in the U.S. after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission found the retail currency broker had an undisclosed interest in the market maker that consistently “won” the largest share of FXCM’s trading volume – and thus was taking positions opposite its retail customers. FXCM banned by CFTC after taking positions […]
09
Jan
2017
What can Managed Futures expect from ‘The Great Rotation’?
Originally posted on CTA Intelligence When the markets don’t react in the way you think they should, it’s a harsh reminder of the rule that past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. For the last five years, the street has been littered with failed trades trying to correctly pick the exact moment the […]
08
Dec
2016
Where is all the Managed Futures Money Going?
If you were to ask for the growth of Managed Futures assets in 2015, you might get different answers depending on who you ask. Barclayhedge will tell you $8.5 Billion, we think that number is more about $10.5 Billion, and a third party recently made the claim of as high as $30 Billion at a […]
