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JWBT468-cintro JWBT468-Burghardt May 10, 2011 9:20 Printer Name: Courier Westford
Introduction: Why Invest in CTAs? 11
returns associated with the discretion other hedge funds have in when
and how much to revalue a portfolio when market prices change.
Liquidity: We’ve already mentioned liquidity, but only in the context of
liquidating positions and extracting cash. In fact, transactions costs
in futures are lower than in their underlying cash markets. As a result,
the benefits of the kind of active management and trading that CTAs
do are available with much less drag from market impact than one
would have to incur doing the same kinds ...