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.
Mario Gabelli, Chairman and CEO of Gabelli Funds, was on CNBC today (December 17th 2013) below are the clips from the show.
Mario Gabelli says free market capital is very... Read More
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How Warren spends his day:
Wakes up at 6:45, reads paper at home, often doesn’t make it into the office until after the market opens
No set schedule,... Read More
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In the latest piece from Research Affiliates, Feifei Li, Director and Head of Product Research & Management, and Philip Lawton, Vice President, Marketing, look at reasons why low-risk stocks... Read More
The Corporation in Society
Bill George
Harvard Business School
Advanced Corporate Law Policy
Harvard Law School
Bill George: The Corporation in Society
Fundamental Questions:
As a corporate board member, to whom are you responsible?
Is the corporation... Read More
Since he left his full-time role at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) five years ago, Bill Gates has kept himself busy with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but for anyone... Read More
Activist hedge fund Third Point is suing auction house Sothebys (NYSE:BID) over its adoption of a poison pill provision that would prevent passive investors from purchasing more than 20% of... Read More
This is the monthly update of Société Générale’s research on the performance of several value-oriented fundamental trading strategies across both developed and emerging markets.
This article focused on Société Générale’s... Read More
Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Association (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) shares surged to five-year high last week, despite uncertainties surrounding the proposed... Read More
The near constant refrain from activist investors is that they’re just working to maximize shareholder value, an objective that many of us take for granted even if we don’t... Read More