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Is Managed Futures The Next Iomega?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

It's tough to see on the chart but the stock got a take- under offer in 2008 for less than $4/share. A popular strategy dropping 95% is far less likely, probably impossible, than a popular stock but something, not sure what, could cause managed futures to severely underwhelm the way MLPs and REITs did during the financial crisis.

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60/40.60?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Two of the three where Portfolio 1 outperformed were 2008 and 2022 which supports the idea of managed futures offering a form of crisis alpha. Actually allocating 60% to some sort of diversifier seems like poor risk management. The 10% weighting to BTAL takes nowhere near the risk of 60% into managed futures obviously.

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Market volatility: Reminder to prepare for downturns

SEI

Retirement plan sponsors. We are currently experiencing one of the most volatile times in decades, on top of the start of the pandemic and the 2008-2009 recession. Setting a strategic asset allocation and stress testing it, as part of the risk management exercise, is a critical component in “pre-experiencing” such downturns.

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41 Top Influencers for Financial Advisors in 2023

Indigo Marketing Agency

He also hosts the Stay Wealthy Retirement Show , which has been ranked on Forbes Top 10 Retirement Podcasts. Back in 2008, CFP® professional Jeff Rose set out with one intention: create the best financial planner blog in the world. Learn more about Grace on LinkedIn. Taylor Schulte . Guess what? Aaron Klein. Bola Sokunbi.

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Transcript: Michael Rockefeller

The Big Picture

He, he had retired, retired, but he was still active. 00:07:24 [Speaker Changed] So in early 2008, millennium was looking for an analyst at one of their funds out in San Francisco, and I jumped at the opportunity. You know, so I, I was, I was, I was in 00:07:48 [Speaker Changed] 2008, the start of the great financial crisis.

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Does Return Stacking With Managed Futures Work?

Random Roger's Retirement Planning

Leverage used in this manner is not that new but maybe sort of new with retail accessible funds although I would note PIMCO has done this in mutual funds since at least 2008. I have mentioned a predecessor fund the Corey (or Corey's company) managed, the Newfound Risk Managed US Growth Fund which recently closed, it had symbol NFDIX.

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Are Insurance Companies Safe?

Tucker Advisors

They have been called the debt managers of the world. Shortly after The Great Recession began unraveling in 2008, many people feared insurance companies would suffer the same fate as investment banks like Lehman Brothers, Bear Sterns, Wachovia and Washington Mutual. Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow Follow.