Learn how managed futures offer diversification, market strategies like trend-following, and benefits for institutional investors seeking alternative investments.

Virtus AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Fund returned 4.86 percent as volatility declined in the third quarter. Review the full ...

Market volatility and ongoing investor uncertainty were hallmarks for much of the year. In an environment of elevated inflation and interest rates, advisors and investors increasingly turned to ...

Commodities are big news nowadays. Not that that’s anything new. After all, the market breakdown of 2008 was preceded by huge run-ups in oil, precious metals and foodstuff futures.

“It is not the number of securities in a portfolio that determines diversification; it is the number of risk factors.” Robert Sinnott, portfolio manager for AlphaSimplex Group, is often called on to ...

Investors who understand the benefits of diversification know that different asset classes often move in opposite directions. The very point of a diversified portfolio is to avoid making bets on a ...

Managed futures strategies have been among the most disappointing investment categories over the last four to five years. These strategies were designed to have negative correlation to both stocks and ...

Managed futures are baskets of futures contracts comprised of contracts on assets including U.S. Treasuries, foreign currencies, commodities, and equity indices such as the S&P 500 and the Russell ...

(MoneyWatch) A recent Bloomberg news article on a managed futures fund managed by Morgan Stanley caught the attention of my colleague Kevin Grogan. The article describes how several managed futures ...

Many investors are pouring money into managed futures funds — to the tune of billions last year alone. They have their reasons: Impressive returns through the financial crisis, lower minimum ...

After languishing for several years, managed-futures funds bounced back in 2014, with the average fund notching a 9% return. Investors appear to have taken notice, pumping more than $1.4 billion into ...

Gone are the days when such institutional portfolios slot 60 percent for U.S. stocks and 40 percent for U.S. bonds. Those funds still invest equities and fixed income, of course, but portfolios now ...