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What is the future of trend following CTAs and futures funds? 05 March 2013 Steven Michael of Stonehenge Asset Management looks at the future of trend following. http://www.fow.com/Article/3164229/Features/26521/What-is-the-future-of-trend-following-CTAs-and-futures-funds.html "...

How could international CTAs carry out the following effectively when approaching offshore potential clients? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2640885&highlight=slides#post2640885

Where the Hedge Fund Assets Are Monday, October 22, 2012 http://aroundwallstreet.com/category/alerts/ " Global hedge fund assets under management (AuM) were estimated to total $2.147 trillion as of June 30th of this year. Almost 96% of those assets were being managed in just nine...

Do you know how many of them are trend followers? If none, what approches would the majority of them use???

Are there many international CTAs (who are not domiciled in the USA) here on ET?

Why It’s Smart to Be Reckless on Wall Street http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2013/02/27/why-its-smart-to-be-reckless-on-wall-street/ " Here is a guaranteed way to get paid well if you work on Wall Street. Find a best friend at a competing bank or hedge fund and take...

" his flagship hedge fund to net returns of nearly 30%. " How about: The Net returns 30% would be around 40% gross returns per nominal amount, or 120% gross returns per actual funds when the ratio of Actual funds:Notional funds is 1 to 2?

THE 40 HIGHEST-EARNING HEDGE FUND MANAGERS AND TRADERS http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2013/02/26/the-40-highest-earning-hedge-fund-managers-and-traders/ http://www.forbes.com/lists/2013/hedge-fund-managers-13_land.html " But in northern New Jersey, David Tepper had another...

CTA Index Year Return 2011 -2.84% 2012 -3.09% 2013 My guess is -3% How about yours?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/14/uk-winton-investors-outflows-idUSLNE91D00E20130214 " One investor told Reuters that he had reduced exposure to CTAs by about two thirds since 2008 because of poor returns. However, CTA performance has picked up since December, helped by a rally in...

OZ Dollar the most overvalued currency http://www.theage.com.au/business/markets/dollar-the-most-overvalued-currency-20130215-2eho2. " The Australian dollar ... judged to be the world's most overvalued currency at the moment. Photo: HSBC "

Any conflicts if CTA trades personal account with opposite signals frequently (generated by different strategy)? I'd think Yes. How about these potential conflicts have been stated on Disclosure Documents?

Probably a fairly effective way to downgrade the site's standing. Will see! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_oil http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=3740875#post3740875

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/breaking-news/german-economic-turnaround-confirmed/story-e6frg90f-1226572288840 " German economic turnaround confirmed From: AAP February 07, 2013 1:41AM GERMANY appears to have put the worst of the crisis behind it, analysts say, with...

Univ. grad butcher triggers discussions on high education http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/8121152.html College student chooses career as butcher http://www.shanghai.gov.cn/shanghai/node27118/node27818/u22ai70818.html

" http://multifamilyexecutive.com/business/january-2013-bls-jobs-report.aspx More Jobs Added in Construction; Architecture and Engineering Jobs Down The U.S. economy added 157,000 jobs in January: 300 were lost in architectural and engineering services, but the construction segment gained...

My theory/ guess would suggest some allocators enjoy the negative beta behaviour associated with the philosophy of some managers. Of course they (also) invest in managers who produce alpha they like. My question is: Are there many managers who could (possibly?) produce both alpha and...

i'd try to propose a simple answer here. perhaps you're a good fundamental trader who makes sound decisions based on various market variables. most technical traders (who do have statistical edges) simply Not! just 2 cents!

Probably worth $1 billion!