Rapidly rising apartment rents in elite communities around the world, such as New York and San Francisco, witnessed historic jumps during the quantitative stimulus. But now that rent growth is starting to falter, a Goldman Sachs report notes. The same time the high end is tailing off, the lower end of the rental market in certain regions is beginning to show signs of life, however. This might provide a long/short investment opportunity.
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.
Hedge fund managers up 1.82% in June on the back of the US-China trade talk optimism
Q2 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc
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Author, academic and ‘father of behavioural economics’ Richard Thaler talks to Merryn Somerset Webb talks about pensions freedom, central bankers and fund management fees.
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Marcelo Lima presenting No Lump In Your Stocking at the 8th Annual Value Investing Congress.
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