Why Liverpool Capital Management
Non Correlated Asset Class:Whether its stocks, bonds, or mutual funds as long as you own shares or your assets are influenced by shares, you are never truly diversified., LCM's trading in the futures market is not dependant on the stock or bond market going up or down to be successful. LCM's investments are not correlated to equities or bonds, which give you a real opportunity to diversify your investments and your retirement accounts. .
Professional versus Retail: LCM believes the only difference between professional traders and retail traders is "accountability". Non professional/retail traders typically have poor performance records because they don't have to be disciplined, they don't have to have a strategy, they don't have to have risk management in place, in the end they can and will do whatever they want.. With LCM picking professionals to trade your account you can rest assured that we are accountable. We are accountable to our investors, the CFTC, and the NFA. We do all the things non professionals and retail traders don't have to in order to give you the best chance of success possible and then we take it one step further by disclosing our performance, good or bad. You can only find that with professional money managers.
Risk Management: LCM's trading strategies cover multiple risk management approaches. In the founder's book, Trade Like a Pro, he listed at least fifteen different ways to manage your risk and on as needed basis we may use anyone of them at LCM. We also manage our risk by constantly looking for trading talent to diversify and allocate our client's funds to as well. There are no monopolies on ideas or success and so we maintain an open mind to vet those traders that seem to be doing well. While there are no guarantees that a positive return will result from these risk management approaches, it is still essential for us to use them to give you the best chance at success possible.
Managed Futures and Retirement: LCM works with various account types, depending on the need. We can work with trust, individual, corporate, IRA accounts, and 401k roll overs. What is most important is your financial objectives when you become a client. Our minimum investment begins at $100,000 and because of that we prefer to work with IRA accounts, 401k roll overs, and liquid high-net worth individuals that are looking for aggressive returns either for retirement or immediate income. These individual typically understand that stocks and bonds, particularly in this interest rate environment, aren't cutting it. .
Regulators and Transparency: LCM does not operate in a vacuum. We are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an agency of the federal government, as well as the National Futures Association, the self- regulatory body of the futures industry. In addition to that your trading account is always in your own name or in the name of your IRA Custodian and you can view your accounts and trades daily. You know exactly what is being done, when its being done, and how its being done, and we welcome your calls regarding any questions you may have about your account.
Investment Strategies: LCM’s various program have been carefully developed to try to reduce risk. Our belief in accountability, use of professional money managers along with the multiple strategies we employ help minimize a purely discretionary approach that so many non professional traders struggle with.
Some Current Tax Benefits: As with anything that involves taxes we are not licensed to give advice and you should consult your tax professional in order to gain the best insight on how to make this current tax benefit work for you. Under current law equities held for less than one year are treated as a short term investment and are subject to normal tax rates. Futures are currently treated different. They are considered 40% short term and 60% long term (only subject to an aggregate rate of 23%). Thus investors with managed futures in their portfolio can save as much as 30% on taxes on short-term gains in futures versus equities.
Why Liverpool Capital Management?: We believe in futures as a non correlative investment to stocks and bonds. At the end of the day we want to give investors something they simply can't find anywhere else; true investment choice. Our performance history is growing, our choice of professional money managers is expanding, and ultimately the alternative investments, stocks and bonds, are not cutting it. While our program is not for everyone LCM is the right choice for investors that really are looking to go in a different direction from just the buy and hold of the past.
