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"My golly! I can't hold that managed futures fund, it is always in a darn drawdown." I have heard far worse language in reference to a fund in a drawdown.  The logic of the investor is simple. Managed futures funds are bad and risky investments because they are always in drawdowns. I don't like drawdowns. It never fees goods. A drawdown eats into any high water mark and suggests a loss of principal on a mark to market basis. Interestingly, the focus on drawdowns is a result of the regulatory requirement to report drawdowns. CTA's have to report the largest drawdowns. Mutual funds and normal asset managers do not have to report drawdowns. There is no problem if you don't have to report the problem.  Look at some simple balanced fund structures that should not be considered risky, the classic 60/40 stock/bond mix and a three asset stock/international stock/bond aggregate combination. Each of these funds spent close to 85% of the days in a three and half year per...

ETF flows supply useful news at the place investors are making their bets. These stream numbers are extra essential than quantity traded as it focuses at the internet greenback turn into an asset class. This cash needs to be positioned to work by shopping for the underlying investments typically represented by an index. These absolute flows are important, however the percent switch tells us the actual web effect of cash into those asset classes. The inflows into investment grade bonds beneath A, and excessive yield have been very vast after the fairness decline previous within the year. The attain for yield was again in pressure albeit the final week there has been a web outflow from the excessive yield sector. As essential simply due to the fact the yield seek has been the stream into commodities, but this stream has no longer been concentrated on oil finances as a lot as treasured metals. The march to decrease damaging yields has renewed pastime in gold.