As weather phenomena turn the seasons upside down to various degrees -- with an outlook for a cold 2016 winter in the east and colder weather in the south to continue -- comes an odd giant squid sighting in Japan, adding to the paranormal activity of the season.
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.
Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, is close to achieving his funding goal for the independent WikiTribune, a journalism enterprise that operates on many of the same principles as... read more
Paul Singer’s Elliott Management has turned up the heat with Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:RVBD), accusing the technology firm of misleading its investors. Riverbed management and board have "crossed a line... read more
The world of high finance and ultra-high-net-worth money management are seldom spoken in conjunction with ways in which we can make our world a better place to live. Much... read more
The $767 million deal between Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc Plan Trust (OTCMKTS:LEHMQ) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) was approved by a federal judge yesterday, resolving... read more
Canyon Partners manages over $19 billion in assets. The firm was started by ex-Drexel Burnham traders; Josh Friedman , Mitchell Julis. The flagship hedge fund is the Canyon Value Realization Fund. According to... read more
Corporate profit margins are thought to have risen to pre-crisis levels, part of the bull case for US equities, but this picture underestimates the impact that taxes will have... read more
On March 17 ValueWalk reported on a white paper that drew the conclusion that individual investors lost money using technical analysis. This was followed by other articles on the... read more
Martin Whitman is a legendary value investor and founder of Third Avenue Management. Get The Full Walter Schloss Series in PDF Get the entire 10-part series on Walter Schloss in PDF. Save it... read more
The fact that China is on the verge of outright deflation may prove to be more important to global economy than even U.S. Federal Reserve tapering of quantitative easing. According to... read more
Heat Is On For Swiss Commodities Sector by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch Voters last month rejected a proposal to ban speculation in food products but not as overwhelmingly as had been... read more
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