What matters most is not when the U.S. Federal Reserve raises interest rates, the September monthly update from Roubini Global Economics says. What matters is the speed and duration of hikes. That said, Nouriel Roubini’s firm has an opinion on when the Fed raises rates and the recent stock market volatility is likely to impact that decision. In this environment he looks to investment regions that are less vulnerable to U.S. rate rises.
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.
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