Investors that actively manage their retirement accounts know that there are many restrictions on what they can do. Rules and regulations are not the same for your retirement nest egg as they would be for your everyday accounts. When it comes to investing in managed futures, investors may mistakenly assume…
Whenever we tell our clients that we’ll be out of the office for a few days at the end of January each year for Context Summit, we usually get a long moment of silence. What was formerly known as the AlphaMetrix Conference, has now productively resurrected itself into Context Summit. …
There are over 2,000 registered commodity trading advisors (CTAs) with the National Futures Association. Less than 10% of those CTAs are able to run a successful operation for more than five years. In many cases, the success rate and life expectancy of a CTA is a like a new restaurant…
When doing research in selecting a futures commission merchant, or FCM, (i.e. custodian) to house your managed futures portfolio, it can be difficult to find a resource to assist in your decision making process. The best tool the aiSource team has found is the yearly rankings put together by Futures…