Action Hero Seagal Seeks New Role as Diamond Investor in Siberia
Category: Investing Insight
07
Aug
2015
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.
22
Jul
2015
Alternative Links: Travels and Travails
The travels and travails of the macro tourist, Traders Beat Computer-Driven Hedge Funds, and Average Tick Size in 30 Year USD Swap
09
Jul
2015
2015 Halftime (Midyear) Asset Class Scoreboard
All but one of the eight asset classes we track month to month ended June in the red.
04
Mar
2015
Alternative Links: Asset Flows
“And after six months of strong results after years of underperformance, managed futures strategies (which make bets on commodities and other futures contracts) [brought in] $4 billion in January alone.”
30
Dec
2014
The 2014 Commy Awards
The Emmy Awards, the Webby’s, the ESPY’s, (why do they all end in y’s) we decided to do our own commodity awards… The 2014 Commy Awards:
