High Performance Potential
The chart to the right indicates that since 1980, managed futures have consistently outperformed other asset classes such as stocks and bonds. Consider an initial investment of $10,000 invested in 1980. If placed in a U.S. stock fund mirroring the S&P 500, the investment would have been worth approximately $288,000 as of early 2008.
Allocating the same amount to a basket of international equities reflecting the Morgan Stanley Capital International Index of world stocks, the initial investment would have grown to nearly $120,000. But the same investment in managed futures, based on the Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets weighting, would now be worth more than $513,000.
The CTA Index is not necessarily representative of all CTAs in the industry. Only CTAs that choose to disclose their performance to this index are included in the calculation of the CASAM CISDM CTA Index used on this website.
