Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Barclay CTA Index Slides 0.54% in September; Reversals in Oil and Bonds Produce Trading Losses
FAIRFIELD, Iowa, October 16, 2013 — Managed futures lost 0.54% in September according to the Barclay CTA Index compiled by BarclayHedge. The Index is down 3.13% after three quarters in 2013.
“While the US Fed’s surprise decision not to begin ‘tapering’ boosted prices in most major asset classes, the one exception was commodity prices, which declined 2.6 percent based on the DJ UBS Commodity Index,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.
Read the entire Managed Futures Press Release by clicking here.
“While the US Fed’s surprise decision not to begin ‘tapering’ boosted prices in most major asset classes, the one exception was commodity prices, which declined 2.6 percent based on the DJ UBS Commodity Index,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge.
Read the entire Managed Futures Press Release by clicking here.
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