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Monday, February 18, 2019
Article by RCM Alternatives Don’t look now, but it appears everyone’s talking about commodities these days. The latest is Zerohedge pointing out that more than half of the commodities listed in the GSCI Commodity index are now in backwardation: a […]
Article by RCM Alternatives Don’t look now, but commodities continue to lead the asset class scoreboard in 2018, as rising crude prices and a bounce in the US Dollar Index lead the charge. This comes as Goldman Sachs is announcing […]
Article by RCM Alternatives Pain was felt throughout the Managed Futures world in the month of February. Some had very large positions in a single sector that cost them dearly. Some lost most of their 2018 gains but was able […]
Article by RCM Alternatives It finally happened. The market went through a major move (in February) but the recovery wasn’t enough. Sure, there were really good days in March (like the 3rd best single day performance in the Dow in […]
Article by RCM Alternatives While just about everyone was paying attention to wild up and downs of the market last week, those in the commodity world were taking note of China launching a crude oil futures contract. The contract, based in […]
Article by RCM Alternatives It seems volatility is here to stay in 2018 and it’s coming from multiple areas. This time around, President Trump’s announcement to put $50 Billion tariffs on Chinese goods sent the S&P 500 into dizzy last week, […]
Article by RCM Alternatives We went into depth about a year ago on what was wrong with AQR’s behemoth of a mutual fund: the AQR Managed Futures Strategy Fund (AQMIX), when their trailing 1yr returns as of last April were down […]
Managed futures is back in the headlines again, this time for its volatile performance to start off 2018 with Bloomberg going with the sensationalized headline “Trend-Chasing Quants Post Worst Returns in 17 Years.” It was the worst monthly return since November […]
Article by RCM Alternatives Don’t look now, but some grown in the ground commodities not named Oil have been rallying pretty strong the past month and a half amidst the sell off in most other risk assets. Here’s the top […]
While Bitcoin tends to make most of the headlines, blockchain and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are being seen as an opportunity to change business models, and eventually and potentially industries. As Bitcoin, Litecoin, and all the other cryptocurrencies find their […]
