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Walk inside the "Engine Room" of Managed Futures returns.  

  • Managed Futures managed to pull away with a positive performance in 2017 in a year where only two markets experienced volatility expansion, while bigger names in the industry struggled.  
  • Forget the Fed, central banks, and volatility sellers, markets are now responding to the what comes from the "American Gods:" Google, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, etc. How long will these gods hold this power?
  • Questions we explore: Will Trump's chaos mean anything on Wall Street or will the market go on ignoring it? Will reversals in the generational short bond trade finally break in 2018? How will bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies affect the markets?