iM DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF [DBMF] Stock Forecast

The increased popularity of portfolio diversifiers in the last few years seems a reasonable response to prolonged market stress and uncertainty. Add in the correlation of stocks and bonds in the U.S.

Trend-following strategies gained ground with investors in the last few years when markets experienced noteworthy reversals and prolonged volatility. The importance of asset class diversification cannot be understated in trend-following strategies as it allows for better capture of trend reversals.

Managed futures are a strong portfolio diversifier and have gained ground with investors in the last eighteen months. DBi seeks to replicate the average performance of the largest managed futures hedge funds with their fund the iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (DBMF) and recently discussed mutual fund replication.

The 2020's may well go down as the decade that laid to rest the traditional 60/40 portfolio and underscored the need for non-correlated allocations to stocks and bonds. Given prolonged volatility and market uncertainty, portfolio diversification plays an increasingly integral role in performance in the years to come.

Liquid alts remain a grey area of investing for many, given the complexity and wildly varied performance of different managers and strategies. This is particularly apparent within managed futures hedge funds and mutual funds, highlighting the importance of looking beyond just a single manager within the space.

Increasingly more replication strategy ETFs are coming to market, allowing more investors to gain access to institutional investment strategies. Managed futures may both the most elegant and the most sensical asset class to capture via ETF replication, according to Andrew Beer, co-founder of Dynamic Beta investments.

In an environment of pronounced volatility and less-than-certain equity and bond performance in the last few years, investors are leaning toward more complex strategies such as alternatives. Managed futures are one such strategy, equally complex and alluring for the strong diversification they can bring to portfolios.

The erosion of consumer savings, deteriorating profit margins, high interest rates and global economic uncertainties collectively contribute to the somber stock outlook.

As markets contend with the end-of-summer doldrums, investors continue to seek out diversifying strategies. One of last year's star ETFs, the iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (DBMF), saw an influx of inflows in August as market volatility continued.

Though managed futures have been around for over a decade, it's only because of the ETF wrapper that broad investors now have access to the hedge fund strategy. One managed futures replication ETF, the iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF (DBMF), offers better annual performance than both mutual fund and hedge fund averages.

iM DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF is a US stock and trading under the symbol DBMF

iM DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF stock price is $28.5901 today.

Yes, iM DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF is a publicly traded company.