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.
Personal Income and Spending came in about in line with analysts' expectations, with Personal Income up 0.4% month-over-month and Personal Spending up 0.3% month-over-month.
Here's a look at the year-over-year... Read More
The Department of Justice is reviewing a request to investigate Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) over destruction of potential evidence in a civil matter.
Johnson & Johnson: Destruction of documents at issue
While Johnson... Read More
Get ready for some new ETFs to hit the marketplace thanks to ETF-issuers Global X and First Trust. Between the two, five new hedge strategies be available on Securities... Read More
Start with Asia which traded heavy given ongoing uncertainty surrounding US/China trade talks, but it was Japan turn to take a knock today. The Yen continues to find a... Read More
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The word on the street may be that the economy of the United States is recovering, but you wouldn't know it from the earnings reports released by JPMorgan Chase... Read More
From the Archives H/T @BarbarianCap
On September 22nd, Pershing Square Capital Management (“Pershing”) presented a proposal for increasing shareholder value (“the Proposal”) to McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) management
Pershing commends McDonald's management for its... Read More
Please note this article is based on publicly available information, however ValueWalk just received Baupost's 2018 letter moments ago and will have exclusive coverage shortly.
Seth Klarman is widely regarded... Read More
Below is an excerpt on retail REITs from a 109 page book on REITS put together by Ivan Ho CFA, CAIA, CMFAS, Hon(BBA) - to get another 51 pages... Read More