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.
Kynikos Associates President Jim Chanos discusses his short position in SolarCity, which oil companies he's most confidently betting against, and what he finds most shocking about the embattled drugmaker... Read More
Forecasting Bankruptcy More Accurately: A Simple Hazard Model via CSInvesting
Tyler Shumway
University of Michigan Business School
701 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1234
Phone: (313) 763-4129,
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~shumway
July 16, 1999
Abstract
I argue that hazard models... Read More
Alex Wilmot-Sitwell, former co-head of UBS AG and a current Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) executive, testified that he didn’t recall UBS trader Tom Hayes and wasn’t sure if... Read More
In early October of 2010 Bill Ackman decided to invest in JC Penney Company Inc. (NYSE:JCP). Since then the firm's stock has wallowed and today remains lower than the... Read More
The January sell-off exposed the fact that investors were still pushing money into low quality stocks compared to quality names.
“Despite the very weak market performance in the latter part... Read More
I am convinced that Dan Loeb became mellow about his Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE) (TYO:6758) spinoff campaign after George Clooney, who has movies like "Men Who Stare At Goats" to... Read More
Brenham Capital is having a stunning year. The Texas-based fund, which concentrates on energy stocks, has chalked up a gain of 19.9% for the year to the end of... Read More
Bruce Greenwald On Apple Inc. (AAPL) vi The New York Times
H/T Dataroma
“Apple is extraordinarily cheap, but it’s never been a value stock in the traditional sense,” said Bruce Greenwald, who... Read More
Can a better understanding of Wall Street help us become more successful investors? We are joined by Jason Zweig, a highly respected financial journalist, “The Intelligent Investor” columnist at... Read More
Private Equity Spotlight: U.S. West Coast by Kevin Dowd, PitchBook
U.S. West Coast
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Everyone knows that Silicon Valley is the thrumming heartbeat of... Read More