Commodity Trading & Trend Following

Below is a short list of returns for 2009 Returns for Commodity trading advisors that are trend followers
Organization / Fund Dec. Return YTD * AUM **
Abraham Trading1
-3.98% -5.56% $482M
Aspect Capital2
-5.80% -11.25% $3568M
Chesapeake Capital3
2.83% 0.40% $1046M
Clarke Capital4
-11.04% -29.78% $23M
Drury Capital5
0.08% 9.02% $151M
Dunn Capital6
-5.83% -0.57% $220M
Eckhardt Trading7
-5.95% -4.80% $445M
EMC Capital8
-2.00% -14.35% $212M
Hawksbill Capital9
-14.50% -15.32% $50M
Hoffman Asset Management 19
% -4.83% $26M
Hyman Beck & Co.10
-1.30% 3.96% $462M
JWH & Co.11
-10.87% -24.06% $106M
Man AHL Diversified12
-6.89% -16.95% $20,400M
Millburn Ridgefield13
1.48% -7.33% $1,095M
Rabar Market Research14
-0.48% 6.99% $222M
Saxon Investment15
-0.18% 10.37% $10M
Superfund16
-8.86% -29.46% $159M
Transtrend17
-3.21% -8.36% $107M
Winton Capital18
-2.45% -4.63% $12,650M
Notes:
* YTD: Year-To-Date performance through Dec 2009.
** AUM: [...]

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