Commodities are big news nowadays. Not that that’s anything new. After all, the market breakdown of 2008 was preceded by huge run-ups in oil, precious metals and foodstuff futures.

If any financial planners or clients needed proof that managed futures funds don’t march in lockstep with the stock market, they needn’t go back more than six years. Processing Content Managed futures ...

“It is not the number of securities in a portfolio that determines diversification; it is the number of risk factors.” Robert Sinnott, portfolio manager for AlphaSimplex Group, is often called on to ...

The Mount Lucas president and CIO Tim Rudderow recently sat down with KraneShares to discuss current market environments and the benefits that managed futures have to offer investors right now.

Last year was a phenomenal year for most managed futures strategies, and this year as volatility and uncertainty continue regarding Fed rate hikes and potential recession, they’re likely to continue ...

Investors who understand the benefits of diversification know that different asset classes often move in opposite directions. The very point of a diversified portfolio is to avoid making bets on a ...

For the investment management industry, last year was memorable but for all the wrong reasons. Most growth-oriented asset classes experienced significant falls in 2008 but, in contrast, managed ...

After languishing for several years, managed-futures funds bounced back in 2014, with the average fund notching a 9% return. Investors appear to have taken notice, pumping more than $1.4 billion into ...

Gone are the days when such institutional portfolios slot 60 percent for U.S. stocks and 40 percent for U.S. bonds. Those funds still invest equities and fixed income, of course, but portfolios now ...

CTA has underperformed since its March 2022 launch due to the low-volatility equity bull market. The fund needs sustained VIX readings above 20 and commodity breakouts to generate meaningful returns.

Managed-futures funds are in the midst of their largest drawdown in recent history. During the past three years through the end of April 2017, the 36 unique funds in the managed-futures Morningstar ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Investors who understand the benefits of diversification know that different asset classes often move in opposite directions. The ...