OPEC+ Surprised Markets Again by increasing at their April 1st meeting, with increases of 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) in May, another 350,000 bpd in June and further 400,000 bpd or so in July. Adding to the upcoming supply, Saudi Arabia said it will unwind its voluntary 1 mbpd in…
During the month of March, the top 3 performing sectors were: livestock (+8.89%), financial indices (+4.01%), and grains (+0.63%). The bottom 3 sectors were: softs (-7.15%), interest rates (-1.51%) and currencies (-1.07%). The Federal Reserve (FOMC) met on March 16th-17th to discuss monetary policy, specifically inflation. Per the press release,…
Without question 2020 will go down as one of the most interesting years in modern history. Outside of the pandemic, which affected the entire world, the United States was going through a Presidential election year. Whether your political views lean left, right, or somewhere in the middle we felt it…
Over the years we have done blog posts that discuss common mistakes investors make when investing in managed futures. This time around, we decided we would do a similar blog but instead focus on commodity trading advisors (CTAs), specifically emerging CTAs. Since our inception, we have dealt with over two…