Managed Futures Accounts and Mutual funds have many similarities and differences. The below information compares the areas of Buying and Selling, Management, Fees, Approach, Documentation, Regulators and Risk. Buying and Selling Managed Futures can purchase futures and commodity contracts in either direction, short, or long. Long/Short strategies involves buying long equities that are expected to [...]

A Self Directed 401(k) is a is a US Government regulated Tax Deferral account from which you can invest in a Managed Futures products and defer taxation on capital gains. This is another way to allow the profit gained by investing in managed futures to compound.

Reducing Volatility within a Portfolio has always been at the top of the investor’s priority list. It’s the same priority as ‘less risk for more reward’, and is therefore a main goal of the investment community. The below pieces of information will outline how Managed Futures can meet this goal within your portfolio.

Asset Class Relationships When evaluating what asset class to allocate to within your portfolio, looking at asset class statistics is one of the first logical places to begin.  Performance of asset classes compared against each other pictorially shows the value of holding asset classes alongside each other.  With the asset class relationships clear, allocation decisions [...]

Are You Considering Managed Futures? For those of you who are just considering investing in futures or commodities and have heard about a way that is ‘similar’ to buying a Mutual Fund, Managed Futures is the name of the game. So what are Managed Futures? Managed Futures are investment products that use a professional money [...]