A new Sterne Agee report identifies banks undervalued banks with “asset sensitivity” and delivers names of a few small to mid capped regional banking concerns that might be worth investment consideration. In part the research can be used to help ascertain winners and losers in a rising rate interest rate environment.
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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