Cotton Commodity Performance

CTUSX Commodity   68.35  0.37  0.54%   
The commodity shows a Beta (market volatility) of -0.0277, which signifies not very significant fluctuations relative to the market. As returns on the market increase, returns on owning Cotton are expected to decrease at a much lower rate. During the bear market, Cotton is likely to outperform the market.

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Over the last 90 days Cotton has generated negative risk-adjusted returns adding no value to investors with long positions. In spite of fairly strong basic indicators, Cotton is not utilizing all of its potentials. The latest stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors. ...more
  

Cotton Relative Risk vs. Return Landscape

If you would invest  6,925  in Cotton on November 19, 2024 and sell it today you would lose (90.00) from holding Cotton or give up 1.3% of portfolio value over 90 days. Cotton is currently producing negative expected returns and takes up 0.9296% volatility of returns over 90 trading days. Put another way, 8% of traded commoditys are less volatile than Cotton, and 99% of all traded equity instruments are likely to generate higher returns over the next 90 trading days.
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Assuming the 90 days horizon Cotton is expected to under-perform the market. In addition to that, the company is 1.3 times more volatile than its market benchmark. It trades about -0.02 of its total potential returns per unit of risk. The Dow Jones Industrial is currently generating roughly 0.07 per unit of volatility.

Cotton Market Risk Analysis

Today, many novice investors tend to focus exclusively on investment returns with little concern for Cotton's investment risk. Standard deviation is the most common way to measure market volatility of commoditys, such as Cotton, and traders can use it to determine the average amount a Cotton's price has deviated from the expected return over a period of time. It is calculated by determining the expected price for the established period and then subtracting this figure from each price point. The differences are then squared, summed, and averaged to produce the variance.

Sharpe Ratio = -0.0178

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Estimated Market Risk

 0.93
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92% of assets are more volatile

Expected Return

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Risk-Adjusted Return

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Most of other assets perform better
Based on monthly moving average Cotton is not performing at its full potential. However, if added to a well diversified portfolio the total return can be enhanced and market risk can be reduced. You can increase risk-adjusted return of Cotton by adding Cotton to a well-diversified portfolio.
Cotton generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days