Bearish Hedge Funds, Managed Futures Lead HSBC List Early In 2016 Looking at the HSBC Hedge Fund performance weekly top 20, one trend is obvious. A certain hedge fund strategy known to perform during crisis is living up to its billing. With the S&P 500 down 5.07% in January, managed futures hedge funds are up near 2 percent depending on the index on deems most appropriate. The Credit Suisse CTA / Futures index is up 2.9% year to date as one proxy while the HSBC managed futures systematic / global category is up 4.06%. That’s not to say the strategy…
Bearish Hedge Funds, Managed Futures Lead Early In 2016
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.