What has been the impetus for a host of active mutual fund outperformance against the S&P 500 benchmark in early 2017? Exposure to the Information Technology sector, a May 26 Goldman Sachs report observes. But with this recent outperformance in the rear view mirror, fund managers are reducing exposure to the sector that delivered the mutual fund outperformance, bringing their exposure closer to beta.
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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