Profit and Loss Magazine – CTAs Feeling the Heat

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CTAs Feeling the Heat

We were lucky enough to be featured in another article from Profit and Loss Magazine – CTAs Feeling the Heat. We provided data and analysis, and a number of our charts were included. Following is a synopsis.

CTAs Feeling the Heat: 2018 saw CTAs cap a generally poor decade of performance with a particularly bad year of losses. Given this, Galen Stops, editor at Profit and Loss Magazine, takes a look at whether the rationale for investors including CTA strategies in their portfolio is still valid.

The article featured (in order of appearance):

  • An anonymous CEO of a CTA with over 30 years trading
  • Chad Martinson, co-CIO and managing director of Efficient Capital Management
  • Jeff Malec, managing director and partner at RCM Alternatives
  • Ian Rayner, founder of Rayner Gobran LLC

The article is wide ranging and well-balanced. Great stuff!

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Note:

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. No representation is made that results similar to those shown can be achieved. There is no guarantee that a managed futures investment program will meet its objective. Investors could lose a substantial portion, or even all, of their investment. You should therefore carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for you in light of your financial condition.

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