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.
U.S. Federal prosecutors have announced a lawsuit against a major German bank, charging it engaged in an “abusive scheme” to avoid paying tax.
United States Attorney for the Southern District... read more
On Tuesday, AmSurg unveiled a proposal to buy Team Health Holdings in a stock and cash transaction worth about $5.17 billion to enhance its efforts to gain scale amid... read more
A flat yield curve is the antithesis of a fundamentally strong economy, Bill Gross said in a Tuesday investment letter. Gross advocated that the U.S. Federal Reserve engage in... read more
The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), hackers loyal to president Bashar al-Assad, claim to have stolen millions of users' personal details from Tango, a popular video and text messaging app... read more
In news heard around the (financial) world after the close on Tuesday Bill Ackman's Pershing Square announced a 9.9 percent stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG). The company... read more
In December last year, Alan Marcus, a shareholder of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP), went to court against the company for its abrupt announcement in September of a common... read more
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY)’s stock price plummeted 28.5% yesterday after traders found out that same-store sales (comps) had fallen by 0.9% during the holiday season (the nine week... read more
Every morning we put out a news report with the latest news in global stock markets, company news, and global economic news.
Morning Market Update
Market Levels
US: Dow Futures: 12985.00 (0.20%), S&P... read more
Livermore Partners commentary for the first half ended July 31, 2020
COVID-19 takes center stage and deals crushing economic pain. Livermore remains well-positioned to prosper on growing USD de-basement fears... read more
Emerging market equities have seen strong demand recently as investors look overseas for assets trading at attractive valuations with long runways for growth.
The rise of Asia's middle class, Asia,... read more