New York– All eight of the Barclay’s CTA indices suffered losses in April.
The Barclay CTA Index was down 1.27% for the month, but overall was up 2.22% for the year thus far. April was the worst month for the index since May 2013. The Diversified Traders Index was down 2.07%, Systematic Traders dipped 1.58%, Discretionary Traders lose 0.26%, and Currency Traders were down 0.23%.
“Sharp trend reversals in commodity and bond markets, coupled with a rapid unanticipated decline in the value of the US Dollar, led the Barclay CTA Index to its worst month,” says Sol Waksman, founder and president of BarclayHedge, in a press release.
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