COVID-19 Omicron Followed the Script as the seven-day average cases peaked in the US on January 11th per Reuters at 704k, and quickly fell off to 63k by February 28th. US average deaths per day peaked at 2.7k in mid-February and fell to 1.5k. We are still awaiting the…
During the month of February, the top 3 performing sectors were: grains (+9.54%), metals (+5.25%), and livestock (+4.80%). The bottom 3 sectors were: indices (-3.62%), interest rates (-0.47%) and currencies (+0.79%). February saw spillover volatility from the previous month with all eyes on eastern Europe. As Russia made its aggressive…
Taiwan’s Next: Hard Power versus Soft Power In February the world saw a naked demonstration of what is called “hard power” or the willingness of a country to coerce another to get what it wants. By comparison, “soft power” persuades others to achieve its goals. The power approach generally reflects…
2021 was another strong year for managed futures and CTAs. While this post only displays the top 10 CTAs for the year, we could have easily made the list a top 20 list this year because we had enough positive performers. CTA indices are also performed well in 2021, with…