Someone might want to give Curtis James Jackson III a lesson in supply and demand economics. The dapper rapper better known as 50 Cent, in court Tuesday in a lawsuit over a free sex tape, might need someone to explain to him that investing in paid porn is throwing money at an industry filled with increasingly free supply while demand has not kept pace. This is one reason the rapper could be declaring bankruptcy. But the more likely reason has nothing to do with his lavish lifestyle, described as “fake,” but could be due to a rather shrewd move to…
50 Cent Declares Bankruptcy Amid Court Claims
Mark Melin
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.