With a risk-free rate of 5%, investors have options that were not available two years ago, and this is now the bogey that managers are compared to. So, do higher rates improve a hedge fund’s performance expectations, or are they a headwind? As with most things, it depends.
Investors' natural aversion to drawdowns can lead some to harmful action or inaction well-described in the field of behavioral finance. The best strategic and tactical investors harness a disciplined pursuit of value to capture the available excess return.
Many investors are rediscovering Quant Macro and Trend Following after a bruising 2022 for equities, bonds, and other asset classes. The S&P 500 lost -18%, but worse, bonds lost -13% when they were supposed to provide much relied-upon diversification. By comparison, indices like the SG Trend Index returned +27% in 2022, recapturing investors’ interest in Quant Macro and Trend Following.
iCapital’s platform will enable streamlined access to Welton’s institutional-quality investment solutions to the wealth management community, including brokerage houses, RIAs, private banks, and family offices.
B. G., Opalesque Geneva In this interview, Dr. Patrick Welton, founder and CIO of Welton Investment Partners, offers his observations on the major macro themes expected to affect the commodity markets, including crude oil, and ESG investing this year. Welton is an...
by Guillaume Detrait, President & Chief Risk Officer [email protected] For more than 2 years, Welton has been engaged in the process of preparing our ESG Advantage strategy to comply with the global regulatory and reporting frameworks including SFDR and...
The first quarter of 2022 threw a daunting number of curves at investors. The confluence of higher inflation brought about, in part, by the lengthy pandemic, the Russian war with Ukraine and the January tech meltdown producing a sharp spike in market volatility....
"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." ― William Shakespeare My ESG journey began with Welton about two years ago, but sustainability is deeply rooted in me by virtue of my unique upbringing. My father is a true visionary, and I recognized...
Not long ago commodity prices were falling, now they’re surging. Today, I see green across every quote in every commodity sector from my front-row seat managing the trade flow for $7B in Macro positions. At the start of the pandemic-induced global shutdown in 2020,...
Regrettably, only a fraction of published medical research is reproducible by other investigators. This is no surprise to those of us who contribute or follow medical advancements. Hundreds of reviews have documented tens of thousands of examples. From cancer...
