My name in Andrew Abraham. I have been investing in commodities and managed futures since 1994. I am a commodity trading advisor/co manager of a commodity pool who adheres 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 us apart from other Commodity trading advisors and commodity pools is that we are not only concerned about the return on investment but how much risk you will have to tolerate to achieve your goals.
I have had countless conversations with investors and even institutional investors that do not believe that commodity trading and trend following can compound ones money to wealth. Besides the fact that only trend following and commodity trading are the most liquid, the most transparent and most highly regulated industries the common belief commodity trading is risky. Well the truth is, everything is risky. Even staying in cash these days is risky. Risk most is managed and addressed. The point of this point is show there are commodity trading advisors that have been around for decades that have compounded their way to wealth not just for themselves...but for their investors. The reality is so many investors might have invested with some of these commodity trading advisors but at the slightest draw down they ran for the exits. Successful investing with trend following commodity trading advisors requires a long horizon, patience and discipline to stick with the commodity trading advisor during the darkest draw downs ( there will be plenty...no one promised you this would be easy). Look at some of these commodity trading advisors.
Abraham Trading Company Since 1988 Annual ROR: 20.88%
Aspect Diversified Program Since 1998 Annualized Return 10.09%
Beach Horizon LLP This return since 2005 Annual ROR: 19.44%
Campbell & Co Since 1986 Global Diversified Large Portfolio Annualized Return 9.25%
Chesapeake Since 1998 Annualized Return 11.73%
Clarke Capital Management Since 1995 Annual ROR: 14.23% ( depending on which program)
Di Tomasso Group's Equilibrium Program Since 2002 Annualized Return 43.09%
Drury Diversified Trend Following Program Annualized Return 15.46%
Eckhardt Global Financial Program Annualized Std. Deviation 12.64% since 1980s
I can go on and on... Simply compare these numbers to the Stock Indices. The majority of trend followers had greater returns than simply stock market investing...and most of all...less draw downs....On several instances the stock markets have fallen close to 50%. Who wants to go through this painful experience... there are no guarantees with trend following. The greatest draw downs are always ahead of you. More so the above mentioned commodity trading advisors are shown just as an example. I am not endorsing them or suggesting you invest with any of them. You need to do your due diligence. I have invested with some of them however. When I discuss compounding your way to wealth, I do this every day. I invest with other commodity trading advisors to smooth out our trading. There are no magic managers nor magic systems. My goal is to grind out returns over many years and make myself available for trends when they are present.
Andrew Abraham
A.Abraham@AngusJackson.com
www.AJpartnersinc.com
www.myinvestorsplace.com
Futures trading involves risk. People can and do lose money
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