“Barclays estimates US oil ETFs attracted $600m of new investment in December as investors bet on a recovery in prices. To put that number in perspective, it is equivalent to 25 per cent of the total AUM in global energy ETFs at the end of November.”
Commodity price falls trigger big drop in assets – (FT)
Crude Oil:
How to Play a Bounce in Oil (Hint: Not $USO) – (Attain Alternatives Blog)
Oil at $50 – (The Economist)
Chart o’ the Day: The Truth About Oil in Modern Society – (Reformed Broker)
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— Attain Capital (@AttainCapital) January 6, 2015
Trend Following:
Trend Following Following: Low Risk Breakout Strategy – (Andrew Abraham)
Two centuries of trend following – (Bouchard Capital)
Oldie but a Goodie – Top Trend Traders Bank Million, Ride the Trend – (Michael Covel)
Managed Futures:
Managed Futures Record Banner Year – (FIN Alternatives)
Managed Futures 2014 Strategy Review – (Attain Alternatives Blog)
Managed Futures’ Cotton Exposure – (Varner Brothers)
Eric Bloom – Sentinel Collapse
Convicted of biggest fraud in Chicago history, financier fears prison – (Chicago Sun Times)
MF Global:
Group of Financial Institutions Settles MF Global Suit – (Wall Street Journal)
Hedge Funds:
The 100 Top Performing Large Hedge Funds – (Bloomberg)
Hermes Investment Management to quit commodities markets – (FT)
Hedge fund robots are crushing their human rivals – (Yahoo Finance)
Paul Tudor Jones Is Reportedly Closing The First Fund He Opened – (Business Insider)