Americas The Federal Reserve raised rates at its December meeting and projected three increases for 2017. Q3 GDP growth was good at +3.5% and Q4 GDP looks promising at +2.9% per the Atlanta branch of the Fed. December unemployment is a low 4.7% and wages grew 4% annualized over the…
In addition to the 1.2 million barrels per day (bpd) OPEC cut announced in November, non-OPEC countries led by Russia in December pledged to cut an additional 568,000 bpd. Russia leads the eleven countries with 300,000 bpd in cuts with Mexico at 100,000 bpd, Oman at 45,000 and Malaysia and…
A strategy that has become more popular over the last 10 years in the managed futures space is something called option selling. Commonly known as selling options, option writing or selling premium, commodity trading advisors employ this technique in hopes of generating a profit for their investors. For many new…
Sometimes individuals invest in managed futures and expect consistent, steady returns from month-to-month and year-to-year; similar to rental property income. The reality is quite the contrary. Managed futures and CTAs are speculative investments (similar to Equities), and should not be relied on for “income.” Any investor that starts investing with…