When the going gets tough, CTAs thrive. At least that’s what many of them want you to think. Trouble is, reality has not been keeping up with the marketing hype of late. Through Tuesday, June 21, 16 of 21 Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) contained in a database of hedge funds were in the red for the month. And 17 of the 21 are losing money for the year. This woeful performance comes on the heels of May when all but one of the funds lost money. What’s more, two of the CTAs haven’t made money since 2008 while another two funds are in the red since the end of 2008 despite generating gains last year. This is not how it is supposed to play out. At least according to the CTAs themselves. In a presentation made earlier this week at The Innovative Alternative Strategies....

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