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.
It may be tempting to think that only pensioners are being affected by the nationwide pension crisis, but that's certainly not the case. In some states, runaway taxes are... Read More
Hedge Funds Are Up 2.45% For The Year; Gaining US$71.2 Billion In Assets by Eurekahedge
Key highlights for November 2015:
Hedge funds are up 2.45% for the year, with the total... Read More
Hoplite Capital Management LP has filed its 13F for the first three months of 2013. The firm's documents, filed with the SEC at this link, show the changes it... Read More
The Stock Market... It's a packed week for economic indicators. The week includes retail sales, industrial production, capacity utilization, housing starts, consumer and producer prices, Empire manufacturing, and consumer... Read More
One of the investors we like to follow closely here at The Acquirer’s Multiple is Chuck Royce and his team at The Royce Funds. The Royce Funds recently released... Read More
Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) (LON:BARC) first-quarter pre-tax profit fell to £1.8 billion ($2.7 billion) from £2.4 billion in the year-ago period, missing analysts’ estimates.
The investment banking unit saved the blushes by... Read More
Oakmark Funds: A Patient And Active Approach
Recent data reveals that the majority of active funds do not outperform their respective indexes, which has spurred large inflows into passive investments.... Read More
While he says he’s toned down his “knee-jerk” contrarianism, John Rogers’ independent streak remains as important to his investing success as ever.
While in many ways a man in a... Read More