10 Reasons to Consider Adding Managed Futures To Your Portfolio

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2. Reduce overall portfolio volatility.
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In general, as one asset class goes up, some other asset class goes
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5. Strong performance during stock market declines.
Managed Futures may do well in down markets because they
down. Managed Futures invest across a broad spectrum of asset employ short-selling and options strategies that allow them to
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classes with the goal of achieving solid long-term returns. profit in such markets.
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3. Increase returns and reduce volatility.
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Managed Futures, as well as commodities, when used in
conjunction with traditional asset classes, may reduce risk, while
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at the same time potentially increasing returns.
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2. 6. Successful pension plan sponsors use them. optImum poRtfolIo mIx (01/1987 – 02/2008)*
Pension plans have long used Managed Futures to generate
RETURN P.A.
12%
100% Managed Futures
returns in excess of the S&P 500. 11%
20% Managed Futures
40% Stocks
10%
40% Bonds
Increase returns
7. Commodity trade advisors (Ctas) and pool
operators (Cpos) have access to a wide variety
9%
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50% Bonds
of global futures products that are liquid and
7% 50% Stocks
transparent.
VOLATILITY
There are more than 150 liquid futures products across the
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globe, including stock indexes, fixed income, energies, metals,
Reduce risk
and agricultural products.
*1) Managed Futures: CASAM CiSdM CTA equal Weighted;
2) Stocks: MSCi World;
8. Cta/Cpo community is regulated and trades on
regulated futures exchanges.
3) Bonds: JP Morgan Government Bond Global;
Source: Bloomberg
Trading in a regulated marketplace builds the credibility and
trustworthiness of the CTA/CPO community. annualized annualized Sharpe max
Returns Std Dev Ratio Drawdown
9. Risk management and clearing. 50% S&P 500,
50% Lehman 9.68% 7.77% 0.74 -16.07%
CME Clearing institutes some of the most sophisticated Gov/Corp
risk management practices in the financial world. As such, 40% S&P 500,
40% Lehman
it has performed flawlessly during times of economic Gov/Corp, 20%
10.26% 7.51% 0.85 -13.91%
turbulence. In more than a century, CME Clearing has S&P/GSCi
never experienced a default. 40% S&P 500,
40% Lehman
9.78% 7.03% 0.84 -11.85%
Gov/Corp, 20%
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overall industry growth has been exceptional.
Commodity Market indexes:
In the last 30 years, assets under management for the Managed – S&P-GSCi (Total/excess/Spot) Return index is a trademark of Standard and Poor’s.
– Goldman Sachs Commodity index (GSCi)
Futures industry have grown 800 fold (80,000 percent). – dow Jones-AiG Commodity index (dJ-AiGCi)
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CME Group ManaGEd FuturEs tEaM
mark omens David lerman
mark.omens@cmegroup.com 312 930 8545 david.lerman@cmegroup.com 312 648 3721
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