Hawksbill Capital Management is an alternative investment management firm that specializes in managed futures. Founded by president Tom Shanks in 1988, Hawksbill uses a systematic, technically-based approach to trade a diversified portfolio of more than 50 global financial and commodity futures markets with a discretionary overlay. With the ability to take long or short positions in a wide variety of markets, and lack of dependence on favorable economic conditions, Hawksbill's returns have historically shown low to no correlation to bond and stock markets, thus offering the potential to diversify a traditional investment portfolio, as well as a portfolio of alternative investments.