I can tell you when I go to the grocery store, I get sticker shock.I am very concerned about inflation and that is why approximately 70% of my families net worth is invested in trend following and managed futures. According to the government, annual inflation is only about 1.5 percent a year. Now, that’s not [...]
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My name in Andrew Abraham. I have been investing in commodities and managed futures since 1994. I adhere 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 me apart from other traders is that I am not only concerned about the return on investment but how much risk I will have to tolerate to achieve my goals.
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Inflation is another major concern for all investors today, especially those living off of a fixed income. Rising prices are a wealth destroyer. Rising prices eat into the returns of all types of assets. When interest rates go up, bonds get hit. Stocks fall as the cost of loans increase and in many cases companies [...] We are constantly bombarded that there is no inflation. However when one goes into the grocery stores, sticker shock is sets in. Shocking. Most people that I know do not know how to invest. I personally believe in trend following in a large managed futures portfolio. In my opinion this is possibly the only bastion [...] Paul Singer the principle of Elliott Associates L.P. started in 1977 with $1.3 million from proverbial friends and family investors. Today Singer’s firm has more than $16 billion in assets under management. Elliott’s principal investment strategy is buying distressed debt cheaply and selling it at a profit or suing for full payment. It is clear [...] I read this article over the weekend…It is a great piece from John Mauldin. It confirms my personal investing approach of trend following a basket of commodities How long can the USA run record budget deficits for extreme long periods of time? The USA has been growing credit aggregates. The fact is that the Fed which came into existence in 1913 with it’s unique mission statement that stated “We are going to continue to grow credit aggregates”. The next fact is [...] People that have lived through inflationary times know the devastation caused by inflation. Inflation is a wealth destroyer. This weekend Bernanke came out with a statement rejecting concerns that his latest QE 2 will spur runaway inflation. As a trend following commodity trader I can not see how that statement could be correct. All one [...] Not exaggerating, the way the central banks around the world are printing money…trees could become endangered. Andrew Abraham If you read a newspaper these days you will read that there is no inflation and the FEDS do not expect any inflation in the near future. If you are a trend follower, investor in commodities, investor in managed futures times could not be better for the last 2 months. Corn, Soybeans,Cotton, Crude and Gold [...] James Bullard, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank discusses on a CNBC video that inflation is trending down. The absurdity of this statement is ridiculous. All Bullard needs to do is to look at some charts such as cotton, sugar let alone the grains. On Friday the grains went limit up. Any trend follower can easily [...] |
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