%0 Journal Article %A Sol Waksman %T Case Study %B Barclay Futures Index (BFI) as a Benchmark %D 2000 %R 10.3905/jai.2000.318968 %J The Journal of Alternative Investments %P 63-67 %V 3 %N 3 %X The BFI provides a useful benchmark to ready acceptance of managed futures investing by institutional investors. Unlike manager universe indexes, the BFI is investable. Unlike long-only commodity indexes, the BFI captures a return stream from commercial markets that can be explained in terms of the primary economic function of these markets, and the off-loading of unwanted price risk by commercial enterprises. %U https://jai.pm-research.com/content/iijaltinv/3/3/63.full.pdf