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.
Here’s some classic Munger wisdom on ‘gold’ as an investment:
Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc
“I think gold is a great thing to sow into your garments if you’re... read more
Eddie Lampert has a new post out on sears.com. Eddie asks Are the new ideas about how retail is changing really new? Check it out below
Data about the 2013 holiday season... read more
BoA: Pension Managers Could Be About To Give Up
Bond yields have plunged since Brexit, and it looks as if they are set to continue their downward decline going forward... read more
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is required to face a lawsuit brought by shareholders accusing it of masking risk in the so-called “London Whale” trade, but three individual executives... read more
We remain in a high risk, low potential reward environment.
Last week’s jobs numbers disappointed Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Global High Yield Strategy team. While wages were up, market valuations... read more
The Dogs of the Dow have underperformed the Dow in 2019 and so far in 2020.
This has set the stage for outperformance going forward.
The yield structure... read more
Dan Loeb's Third Point Reinsurance investor presentation for March, 2015.
Third Point Reinsurance: Reinsurance Risk Management
Risk Management Culture:
Reinsurance business plan complements our investment management strategy: no property catastrophe excess treaties... read more
With only two weeks until Black Friday, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) released its specials on Thursday and really should call it "Black Thursday." The retailer's deals will begin at... read more
Guest post from Jonathan Rochford, CFA, Portfolio Manager Narrow Road Capital Pty Ltd
With the potential for a downgrade in the credit rating of Australia, and the recent downgrade of... read more