Jon Sundt

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Jon Sundt

Jon Sundt is president and CEO of Altegris Investments. 

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  Debating Hedge Fund Myths: ‘The Most Expensive Bargain in Town?’

  By Jon Sundt  |  April 1, 2013

  One of the most common complaints about hedge funds and alternative investments is that their fees are too high, but understand what you're buying before casting stones.

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  Performance Dispersion—Why It Matters

  By Jon Sundt  |  February 25, 2013

  Remember 2008? To paraphrase Dickens, it was the best of times for managed futures funds and the worst of times for almost every other strategy.

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  Managed Futures: Strategy or Asset Class?

  By Jon Sundt  |  January 21, 2013

  My answer to investment professionals, who probably won't be satisfied, is that managed futures are both.

• Alternatives for Measuring Risk

  By Jon Sundt  |  December 21, 2012

  I hear two words—“what if”—a lot from investors these days.

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  A New Way to Buckle Up: Convergent and Divergent Strategies

  By Jon Sundt  |  November 20, 2012

  After his “sure bet” against the deutsche mark temporarily wiped him out in 1920, John Maynard Keynes famously quipped, “The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.”

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  The Art and Science of Manager Selection

  By Jon Sundt  |  October 23, 2012

  Most of the time, investors are glad to see new money coming into a manager they’ve chosen because they’re pleased to have their choices confirmed by others.

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  Alternatives Go Mainstream

  By Jon Sundt  |  September 25, 2012

  The 2008 financial crisis accomplished in 12 months what I have been trying to do most of my 26-year career: educate investors about the benefits of allocating some of their portfolio to alternative investments.