10May

Raging Capital Compares Valeant To A "Melting Ice Cube", Shorts The Debt

When William Martin, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer of Raging Capital Management, talks about returns attribution in the first quarter, down on average -3.1% in both the onshore and offshore funds, investors might wonder about his strategy, particularly the short exposure. With the HFR Hedge Fund Index up 2.7% in the first quarter, the S&P 500 up 6% and the Nasdaq up 10%, Raging Capital reduced its long exposure . . .

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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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