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Market Recap and Comments (June 21 – June 24, 2022)
The holiday-shortened week delivered a stock market rebound. Stocks (SPY) surged 6.6%. Commodities (DBC) dropped 3.3%. Gold (GLD) was down 0.7%. High Yield Corporate Bonds (HYG) gained 1.3%, but long duration bonds (TLT) were up only 0.4%. Year-to-date, DBC is up 33.3%. TLT is down the most, with a loss of 23.5%.
Below is a weekly performance recap, including year-to-date performance and a comparison to popular benchmarks and the PSI5 mean-reversion strategy.
| Average weekly performance of strategies with open positions. | -0.9% |
| Average weekly performance of the five strategies (excluding long/short) | -0.4% |
| Weekly change of S&P 500 index | +6.6 |
| Average YTD return including the long-short before the pause. | -3.5% |
| Average YTD return excluding the long-short. | -4.2% |
| YTD return of the S&P 500 Index (no dividends) | -17.9% |
| YTD return of 60/40 portfolio in SPY/AGG (annual rebalancing) | -14.6% |
| YTD return of PSI5 mean-reversion algo (performance for SPY, QQQ, and IWM) | -6.4% |
The Dow 30 long-short strategy was paused on March 7, when the positions were closed due to the activation of a volatility switch. The strategy without the optional switch was up 3.5% by the close of Thursday with all long and short positions gaining, but due to the rally on Friday, it ended the week with a gain of 1.4%.
| Weekly performance of Dow 30 long-short strategy. | +1.4% |
| Average weekly performance of the six strategies (including long-short) | -0.2% |
| Average YTD return including the long-short strategy | -2.9% |
Next week, the allocation to strategies will be at 14%, while 86% of it will be in cash. Three strategies are out of the market, and the long/short strategy is in (optional) pause mode due to high volatility. Only two momentum strategies have open positions.
Many traders believe the rebound in equities was a bear market rally. Some other traders believe the reversal in commodities was due to crowded trades and profit-taking. The truth is that no one knows what will happen next. Everyone is trying to promote their book. Analysts who think macroeconomics can explain short-term market moves are the most deluded. CTAs and other long-term traders had long determined that analyzing the markets was an exercise in futility and had developed strategies as far back as the 80s. Social media has given a platform to many people who lack this fundamental understanding and think they are smarter than the markets. Systematic traders profit from the delusions of these discretionary traders.
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