WisdomTree Launches Industry’s First Managed Futures Strategy ETF

WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund (WDTI) Provides Exposure to Commodities, Currencies and Interest Rates through Long/Short Quantitative Strategy.
Established strategy now available in ETF structure,  another Industry first from WisdomTree….  

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WisdomTree announced the launch of the WisdomTree Managed Futures Strategy Fund  (WDTI).  WDTI is an actively managed ETF which employs a quantitative, rules-based  strategy designed to provide returns that correspond to the performance of the Diversified  Trends Indicator TM

WDTI is listed on the NYSE Arca with an expense ratio of 0.95 %. WisdomTree President & COO Bruce Lavine commented, “WisdomTree is very excited  to bring the first managed futures strategy ETF to the marketplace.  Managed futures has  been an increasingly important asset class as investors look for less correlated assets that  can profit in many different market environments.  We believe WisdomTree is adding  substantial investor benefits by utilizing the ETF structure which provides full  transparency of holdings, liquidity and relatively low cost – without the various  limitations generally associated with traditional product structures such as sales loads,  minimum investments and K-1 statements*.”  (Ordinary brokerage commissions apply.)

The Diversified Trends Indicator or the DTI Index is a long/short rules-based, managed  futures strategy developed by Alpha Financial Technologies (AFT) and its founder,  Victor Sperandeo (“Trader Vic”).   The DTI Index began live calculation in 2004 and  incorporates a diversified group of 24 liquid components of exchange-traded commodity and financial futures contracts.  WisdomTree’s new ETF, WDTI, is designed to providereturns that correspond to the performance of the DTI Index.  WDTI seeks to provide:  

– Diversification through uncorrelated asset mix and a long/short strategy
– Potential to profit from rising and falling markets
– Potential to perform in inflationary and deflationary environments
– Exposure to commodities which are currently enjoying strong global demand

*Schedule K-1 – A tax document used to report the incomes, losses and dividends of a business’s partners or S corporation’s shareholders. Rather than being a financial summary for the entire group, the Schedule K-1 document is prepared for each partner or shareholder individually. 
Transparency of holdings – An ETF’s holdings are always known to the market.  WisdomTree ETF holdings are disclosed daily at www.wisdomtree.com.  

Liquidity – ETFs can be bought or sold at any time during the trading day, just like stocks. 

Source: ETFWorld – WisdomTree