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Do you have an investment in your portfolio that has the potential to perform well when stocks perform poorly? An increasing number of investors are addressing this question as they realize the importance of diversifying their portfolios with investments that can profit regardless of how well the stock market is performing. The answer may be Managed Futures!Managed Futures have become one of today’s fastest growing investments. Managed Futures’ potential to provide positive returns in BOTH up and down markets while possibly lowering the overall volatility and risk of a portfolio has made Professionally Managed Futures a vital component of well_diversified, long_term financial strategies.In a study conducted by Dr. John Lintner – Harvard University, he concluded that “Portfolios…including judicious investments…in leveraged managed futures accounts show substantially less risk at every possible level of expected return than portfolios of stocks (or stocks and bonds) alone. “ 1 The potential benefits of adding managed futures to a portfolio of stocks and bonds, can be compelling, and we believe should be considered by investors.Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC (RCG) – An Established Futures Commission Merchant (FCM)As a division of Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG), our goal at RCG Managed Funds is to provide investors with access to registered, professional commodity traders and the opportunity to participate in the commodity and global markets. By utilizing the expertise of Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs), investors can benefit from professional money management and sophisticated trading strategies to expand and broaden their investment exposure and financial strategy.When considering an investment in Managed Futures, an important first step is to select your Futures Commission Merchant (FCM). The FCM is where your account is maintained, and the trades for your account cleared. Selecting an FCM that is well established and specializes in the futures markets is extremely important.With more than 80 years of experience in the futures industry, Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG) is one of the world’s leading regulated Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs). RCG offers trade execution, clearing, brokerage, foreign exchange, managed futures programs and a full range of electronic trading services to a global institutional, professional and retail customer base. RCG, with over 20,000 active accounts, cleared more than 88 million contracts in 2007 and will continue to provide industry_leading services and tailored solutions well into the future.RCG Managed Funds _ A Division of Rosenthal Collins GroupRCG Managed Funds, a division of Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG), provides quality alternative investment services through Professionally Managed Futures and Foreign Exchange accounts. A managed futures account is an account that is established by the investor to trade futures, where the trading decisions are made entirely by a professional money manager called a Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA). CTAs, in the U.S., are members of the National Futures Association and are registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed futures accounts are traded in highly regulated markets and offer professional money management and global diversification. We also offer managed foreign exchange trading programs which are traded on the spot foreign exchange market.RCG Managed Funds provides investors with an extensive database and reports for over 400 professional Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) who specialize in trading strategies for global markets such as agricultural products – bonds – currencies – energy products – financial instruments _ precious metals and stock indices. In addition, with regard to certain CTAs, RCG Managed Funds has reviewed, amongst other factors, performance and risk history, risk controls, methods of trading and background, and from this information has compiled a list of Highlighted CTAs. The Highlighted CTAs are some of the commodity traders with which we are most familiar and an investor can access and choose commodity traders from the highlighted list, the extensive database or both.
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