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DAILYALTS: Multialternative Funds: The Best and Worst of March
FYI: Multialternative mutual funds and ETFs returned an average of +1.33% in March, bringing the category’s total return to -0.67% for the first quarter of 2016. As a group, the category is trailing the Morningstar Moderate Target Risk Index for both the month and quarter. That index generated returns of 4.99% and 2.15%, respectively. For the one-year period ending March 31, multialternative mutual funds and ETFs averaged a loss of 4.85% and a Sharpe ratio of -0.87. Regards, Ted http://dailyalts.com/multialternative-funds-best-worst-march/