Historically, a rapid increase in oil prices is a leading indicator of a pending world crisis. From the oil embargo of 1973, the 1982 Iraq/Iran war, Desert Storm, as well as the Economic Recession of 2008; all of these periods featured a significant increase in crude oil prices. Now with April Crude Oil futures rapidly approaching $100 per barrel we figured this as good a time as any to remind investors that Managed Futures is the place to be during crisis periods. The chart below details the performance of managed futures investments compared to stocks during a few of the major stress periods in recent history.  As you can see, Managed Futures has historically lived up to its billing as place to be when the proverbial crap hits the fan (past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results).

*Please note there are potential imitations with the manager futures index – It is not investable, data only includes   performance from managers who choose to submit their data and also have a survivorship bias. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results