What are circuit breakers? Circuit breaker limits act as safety nets in unstable financial conditions. They are a set of levels, if breached, the market halts trading for a period of time. For instance, the market will pause after a 7% intraday drop in the S&P 500. Levels are calculated…
COVID-19 As Of March 11, 2020 the confirmed global infected surpassed 118,000 with the mortality rates disproportionately affecting the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions. There is still much that is unknown but given that it is in the family of other respiratory-communicated diseases like the flu, transmission seems…
2019 was overall a good year for the CTA industry. Most CTA indices reported positive performance, and many strategies that had been out of favor for the past few years are making a comeback. Trend following and global macro strategies are again prevalent within managed futures and many are predicting…
North America Q4 US Growth came in at +2.1% annualized for a full-year 2019 growth of +2.3%. This was below 2018’s rate but still decent. All sectors apart from inventories contributed with a particularly strong showing by net exports which contributed 1.5% annualized – the most since 2009. The…