Research on Managed Futures
On August 11, 1999, a five-year study was published in the Wall Street Journal, concerning the major wire-houses with the best performance records in asset allocation. The study included Merrill Lynch, Salomon Brothers, Goldman Sachs, Dean Witter, Paine Webber, and other notable brokerage houses. The firm with the best asset allocation performance records was Goldman Sachs. Why? They were the only stock firm to include futures in their asset allocation. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley recommend up to 15% of an investment portfolio into managed futures. According to Morningstar, in a single month, November 2000, the average diversified and technology funds lost ...
Global Leverage Consolidated Diversified Program
With the recent interest in managed futures funds, The Global Leverage chose to create a fund for the modern-day investor. Focusing on stability and market setting yields, our option spread strategy aims to minimize risk while maximizing returns. With the instability of equity markets, and commodity prices on the rise, it isn’t hard to see why our investors have enjoyed such great success. Unlike other managed futures programs, The Global Leverage ...
Education on Managed Futures
Recently, the futures investment market has become immense. You may be asking yourself “What has lead to this massive growth in futures trading? Well, One obvious answer is Leverage. Unlike equities, futures give you the opportunity to trade with leverage, dramatically increasing profit and loss potential. As we will discuss, there are two main strategies which account for these yields, helping futures traders profit worldwide. These are “speculation” and “hedging”. By ...
