When analyzing a commodity trading advisor’s (CTA) track record, investors generally focus on yearly returns and peak-to-valley drawdowns. It’s natural intuition to look at a table of returns and see if a CTA has been profitable (or unprofitable) on a yearly basis. But, why do we focus so much on…
Investors often approach aiSource on the concept of high water mark and how commodity trading advisors (CTAs) calculate their fees. In short, high water mark is the highest net asset value or account value that a CTA has reached during the life of your managed futures investment. In order for the CTA manager…
When an investor embarks on their managed futures journey, there is a lot of excitement and anticipation for the first several weeks. Whenever an investor is new to managed futures, they do not know what to expect on a day-to-day basis, therefore, they monitor the performance of their portfolio very…
Things are looking pretty positive for the US economy – economists generally expect a slow Q1 GDP but that is in the past – look only forward! Cold weather is behind us, a strong dollar is keeping inflation low and low unemployment painted a pretty picture. The biggest US news…