Stocks / ETF
DBMFETF
iMGP DBi Managed Futures Strategy ETF
$32.021d -0.3%5d +0.3%settled close · 2026-09-17
β 0.0352w $30–32Shares 107.2MNYSE Arca since 2019
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17 longlatest 2026-09-03
| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Ben CarlsonDirector of institutional AM, Ritholtz Wealth | Bullish | A Wealth of Common Sense (Ben Carlson) | Increasing allocation to trend-following as a systematic risk management overlay because portfolio size and… |
| 2026-08-24 | Mebane FaberCIO & Co-Founder, Cambria Investment Management | Bullish | Meb Faber | Portfolio optimizers consistently allocate ~50% to trend following due to both crisis alpha (left tail… |
| 2026-06-26 | Ryan DetrickChief market strategist, Carson Group | Bullish | The Compound | A persistently inflationary growth environment — where core PCE keeps broadening and the Fed is unlikely to… |
| 2025-11-12 | Meb FaberCo-founder & CIO, Cambria | Bullish | Capital Considered | Trend following is the premier diversifier to a traditional stock/bond portfolio because it tends to perform… |
| 2025-11-10 | Cliff AsnessCo-founder/CIO, AQR Capital | Bullish | interview | Global uncertainty is elevated above historical average, and trend following is a positively convex strategy… |
| 2025-07-11 | Sonu VargheseVP Global Macro Strategist, Carson Group | Bullish | The Compound | Managed futures with long commodity exposure (including copper) act as a supply-shock diversifier; proven by… |
| 2025-06-03 | Cliff AsnessCo-founder/CIO, AQR Capital | Bullish | Bloomberg Television | Diversified trend following expanded to many more markets and incorporating fundamental/economic trend… |
| 2025-03-28 | Andrew BeerManaging Member, DBi | Bullish | The Compound | Managed futures are one of the only liquid alt categories that generate genuine alpha after hedge fund fees… |
| 2024-12-03 | Cliff AsnessCo-founder/CIO, AQR Capital | Bullish | Bloomberg Television | Elevated macro uncertainty and a disruptive policy environment under Trump 2.0 favor positively convex… |
| 2024-09-16 | Meb FaberCo-founder & CIO, Cambria | Bullish | Kitco NEWS | Trend-following strategies diversify a buy-and-hold portfolio by typically performing well during major… |
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| Date | Voice | Stance | Venue | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-05 | Cliff AsnessCo-founder/CIO, AQR Capital | Bullish | The Meb Faber Show | Layering fundamental momentum signals (earnings revisions, economic data surprises, balance-of-payments… |
| 2023-06-01 | Cliff AsnessCo-founder/CIO, AQR Capital | Bullish | David Rubenstein | Prolonged macroeconomic volatility — which Asness expects to persist — is the native environment for… |
| 2023-02-23 | Cliff AsnessCo-founder/CIO, AQR Capital | Bullish | Bloomberg Television | Elevated macroeconomic volatility and extended directional market moves create favorable conditions for… |
| 2022-04-26 | Meb FaberCo-founder & CIO, Cambria | Bullish | Excess Returns | Trend following (200-day or 10-month moving average) filters out catastrophic 40–90% drawdowns that… |
| 2022-02-24 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | Chris Cole | CTAs perform well during stagflation and inflation regimes, providing diversification precisely when equity… |
| 2018-02-06 | Chris Cole (Artemis)Founder & CIO, Artemis Capital Management | Bullish | Chris Cole | Strategies with long-volatility return profiles — managed futures CTAs and contrarian macro funds — are being… |
| 2016-08-02 | Meb FaberCo-founder & CIO, Cambria | Bullish | Invest Like a Boss Podcast | Trend-following strategies diversify traditional portfolios more than almost any other asset class and are… |
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Notable options days
Sessions in the last 120 where DBMF’s settled options volume ran ≥ 2× its trailing 20-session baseline, or delta-dollar flow ran ≥ 2.5× — 15 of 120 sessions qualified.
The qualifying dates are the free record. Close, flow, call/LEAPS mix and the 20-session outcome — for every session below — are Brief subscriber content.
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