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.
Falling into a value trap is one of the biggest risks value investors face. Unfortunately, there is no set framework for analyzing and discovering traps or even a fixed... read more
CSX Corporation (NYSE:CSX) will release its earnings report for the three months ended September 30 tomorrow after the bell rings on Wall Street. The company has had a solid... read more
Open Sesame: Alibaba and the 16 Tiger Cubs By Stan Altshuller, Novus Research
Jack Ma’s story is an inspiring one. But his biggest fans yet might be a group of highly... read more
Sears Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHLD) alerted investors in a regulatory filing that there's "substantial doubt" that it will be able to stay afloat, and short-sellers have been vying for shares... read more
Homo Struthio - Hiding From Opportunity by Jeff Thomas, Sprott Money
“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” - Alejandro Jodorowsky
As a consultant on internationalization, I regularly... read more
The perennial promises of free stuff from political candidates are front and center again now that we are ensnared in another US election cycle. The knee-jerk response from some... read more
Brenham Capital, the energy-focused hedge fund returned -3.9% and net of fees for the quarter ending December 31 bringing returns for the year to 15.2%. Since inception (January 2012)... read more
Four Takeaways From Proxy Season 2016 by EY
Active - not just activist - institutional investors are reshaping the corporate governance landscape and challenging how boards think about fundamental issues... read more
Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) were among Akanthos Capital Management’s top five positive contributors... read more
The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) is running its business, well, like the U.S. government and many households before the 2008 financial crash: They are spending more than their existing revenues can... read more