My name in Andrew Abraham. I have been investing in commodities and managed futures since 1994. I am a commodity trading advisor/co manager of a commodity pool who adheres to the philosophy of trend following.
Trend following stresses a disciplined approach to commodity/ futures trading. Successful trend following and commodity futures investing requires patience, discipline and actively managing the risk. What sets us apart from other Commodity trading advisors and commodity pools is that we are not only concerned about the return on investment but how much risk you will have to tolerate to achieve your goals.
Do You Want a Financial Advisor or CTA?
It seems so many are looking for guidance in order to survive these difficult economic times. Did you Financial Advisor let you down this year. Is your IRA or 401k down 25-50%. The fact is that most Financial Advisors do not know or understand commodity trading or futures trading. The next fact is that the current economic climate can last for many long years. All one has to do is look at Japan which is the worlds second largest economy. Since 1989 their Stock Market has been falling. Actually from over 39,000 to currently approx 8,000. That is 20 years of decline. Besides the stock market decline, the Japanese real estate market has been falling 15 years. I am sure this completely out of the mind of most Americans. This is can’t happen to America! As Nissim Taleb in his book “The Black Swan” , anything can happen. Bearing this in mind you might want to consider and learn how to make money regardless of Bear Market, Bull Market, Inflation or Deflation. There is one answer, a CTA. A CTA is not a CTA bus or CTA Chicago ( Chicago Transist Authority). A CTA is a commodity trading advisor. Last year many CTAs that were trend followers were more than double digit profitable. Can you say this about your Financial Advisor. Lets put another issue on the horizon. With all the money being printed all over the world, any economic high school student will tell you inflation is on the horizon. Is it one year… two years… who knows… but it would be a six sigma event or Black Swan if Inflation does not occur.
Inflation is a wealth destroyer. Instead of being a victim, open your horizons and start looking for Trend Followers who understand risk. This is the key. So many Financial Advisors with their buy and hold have imploded your retirement funds. Understand all investing or even just staying in cash entails risk. If you want to survive this economic turmoil or even Depression. Have a plan, start researching CTAs that understand risk. Diversify and never allocate more than 5% of your net worth to any idea.
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Risk is the key to Success. Commodity trading one can opt for in this economic slowdown.