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.
Introduction
Driven by our ongoing commitment to understanding the dynamics of the investment fund marketplace and bringing the latest industry color to our clients and friends, each year Seward &... read more
Private equity CFOs say that the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act will have the highest expected impact on their business, according to a recent survey conducted by Ernst &... read more
This is part two of a ten-part series on small-cap investing discussing the small-cap premium.
Throughout this series, I’m looking at both the benefits, and drawbacks of investing in small... read more
Mittleman Brothers Investment Management commentary for the third quarter ended September 30,2018.
Q3 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc
Dear Investors,
I’ve had conversations with some of you recently that lacked the... read more
The famous bank analyst Dick Bove is set to join Rafferty Capital Markets LLC, saying his final good bye to Rochdale Securities, a Stamford, Connecticut-based financial company.
We reported several days... read more
Verde Asset Management commentary for the month ended April 30, 2016.
The fund performed well in April with fixed income positions, and also in the book of coins, while the... read more
How To Be An Activist Investor
How To Be An Activist Investor Continued from part one….
Mick McGuire of Marcato Capital believes that the increasing number of activist campaigns is the... read more
Illusions of Precision, Completeness and Control: A Case for Simple, Transparent Portfolios via Brandes Institute
The Financial Crisis of 2008/2009 increased plan sponsors’ desire to control risk—and we are still seeing... read more
Is this the top? edition #1742 or so featuring Victoria Beckham
Neo Investment Partners, a firm run by a former Goldman banker, seems to believe that there's still plenty of money... read more
Assets under management for sovereign wealth funds globally reach $6.31tn as of March 2015, increasing by more than $900bn over the past 18 months read more