Ukraine: Winter & Sanctions Impact The Ukraine-Russia Conflict was gripped by winter, with Russia targeting electrical infrastructure and limited spoiling attacks to keep the Ukrainians from extending their gains. Russia’s additional mobilization of 300,000 recruits started to see the front but were likely waiting for spring operations. Ukraine continued…
One of our most popular blog posts: a list of the top FCMs (based on customer funds held in segregation) has been updated with end of 2022 numbers. When doing research in selecting a futures commission merchant, or FCM, (i.e. custodian) to house your managed futures portfolio, it can be…
2022 ended with 40 year inflation highs and one of the toughest trading environments in over 10 years. Energy (+12.05%) and Livestock (+11.66%) were the leading sectors in 2022. Losses in Indices (-20.81%) and Softs (-13.20%) were nothing compared to the astounding loss in crypto (-65.86%). Adding insult to injury,…
During the month of December, the leading sectors were Metals (+3.40%), and Livestock (+2.91%). The bottom sectors were Energy (-6.33%), and Indices (-5.89%). 2022 got the best of most investors, with 40 year highs for inflation leading to one of the toughest trading years in more than a decade. The…