| From Financialpost.com: With seemingly no end in sight for the current bear market that has cut North American equities by more than half over the past eight months, Canadian investors may want to consider managed futures, an alternative asset class that has proven an almost-perfect hedge in what has been one of the worst periods of stock performance in a century.
But market timers beware: these funds, which thrive during adversity, tend to turn quickly downward when equity markets rebound. They are also harder to come by in Canada than the United States and are prone to manager risk..... Full Article: Source
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