As Stocks Tumble, CTAs’ Promise to Protect Investors Has Mixed Results

Several managed futures and trend-following funds are down sharply this year.

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So much for being uncorrelated to the stock market.

Commodity trading advisors, also known as managed futures, mostly posted losses in March amid the global sell-off in stocks. This is not supposed to happen. Several funds have stayed in the black for the year, but many fell more than the stock market.

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