This paper will cover investing in commodities through futures contracts. It will note the unique sources of risk and return for such investments. We will also discuss the factors that one should take into consideration before deciding upon how much of their portfolio should be in commodities....

This article will discuss the practical issues involved in applying a disciplined risk management methodology to energy-focused futures trading. This article will show how to apply methodologies derived from both conventional asset management and hedge fund management to futures trading. It will...

The focus of this paper will be on risk management within the context of a total-return futures program centered on commodities. The following issues will be addressed: the evaluation of normal versus eventful risk; the sizing of trades and strategy buckets; and the construction of a portfolio,...

In this article, we provide the busy reader with a survey of articles that were written over the past four years on hedge funds. Specifically, we review the economic basis for hedge fund returns and then discuss some of the logical consequences of these observations. Next, we summarize the...

The paper discusses the practical issues involved in applying a disciplined risk management methodology to futures trading. Specifically, the paper shows how to apply methodologies derived from both conventional asset management and hedge fund management to futures trading as well as discussing...

Some have argued that there is an accelerating convergence between the hedge fund industry and traditional institutional fund management. This article will argue the opposite: that in a very fundamental way, these two investment industries are still quite distinct.This article will argue that...