Managed Futures Becoming a More Mainstream Alternative

ETFs expanded their market share in recent years by bringing mutual and hedge fund strategies to a wider variety of investors. Taking strategies previously locked behind high entry fees and significant management fees, ETFs work to broaden the investing playing field.

ETF Trends • Jan 14, 2025

Bull vs Bear: Do Alts Still Have a Place in 2024?

Bull vs. Bear is a weekly feature where the VettaFi writers' room takes opposite sides to debate controversial stocks, strategies, or market ideas — with plenty of discussion of ETF ideas to play either angle. For this edition of Bull vs.

ETF Trends • Mar 27, 2024

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy—2023 in Review

By Alejandro Saltiel, CFA Head of Indexes, U.S. and Ayush Babel Global Associate Director, Quantitative Research Most managed futures strategies aim to generate returns by employing leverage and having a high degree of concentration in individual contracts and asset classes.

ETF Trends • Feb 25, 2024

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy - 2023 In Review

Most managed futures strategies aim to generate returns by employing leverage and having a high degree of concentration in individual contracts and asset classes. The WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund is diversified across asset classes, does not use leverage, and aims to deliver lower volatility and improved risk-adjusted returns.

Seeking Alpha • Feb 24, 2024

Don't Forget Managed Futures When Looking to Alternatives

Market volatility and ongoing investor uncertainty were hallmarks for much of the year. In an environment of elevated inflation and interest rates, advisors and investors increasingly turned to alternatives to diversify their portfolios.

ETF Trends • Dec 8, 2023

Bull vs. Bear: Are Low Volatility ETFs Best for Today's Market?

Bull vs. Bear is a weekly feature where the VettaFi writers' room takes opposite sides for a debate on controversial stocks, strategies, or market ideas — with plenty of discussion of ETF ideas to play either angle. For this edition of Bull vs.

ETF Trends • Oct 5, 2023

An Advisor's Guide to Demystifying Managed Futures

In an environment of pronounced volatility and less-than-certain equity and bond performance in the last few years, investors are leaning toward more complex strategies such as alternatives. Managed futures are one such strategy, equally complex and alluring for the strong diversification they can bring to portfolios.

ETF Trends • Aug 31, 2023

WTMF: May Not Provide The Hedge Investors Expect

The WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WTMF ETF) is an actively managed ETF aiming to achieve positive returns in various market conditions. The fund utilizes a quantitative, rules-based strategy to capture trends in equity, commodity, currency, and U.S. treasury futures, and may invest up to 5% in bitcoin futures. While the WTMF ETF has returned an impressive 9.6% YTD, its historical performance suggests it may not offer diversification benefits that investors expect from managed futures funds.

Seeking Alpha • Jun 2, 2023

Compare the Cost of Managed Futures ETFs to Funds

Looking to get into the world of managed futures ETFs? Advisors may well be intrigued by a strategy that combines can take long and short positions across asset classes in such a volatile market.

ETF Trends • Mar 27, 2023

An Inflation Toolkit for Advisors From WisdomTree

It's a difficult season for advisors who are still working to create optimal portfolios for their clients in a time of rising interest rates, inflation, supply chain disruptions, and more. WisdomTree Asset Management's Jeremy Schwartz, CFA and global CIO, and Kevin Flanagan, head of fixed income strategy, joined Dave Nadig, CIO and director of research [.

ETF Trends • Feb 9, 2022