Active Mutual Fund Managers Shine Above Benhmarks In May

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Mark Melin
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Active mutual fund managers had a good May, in many cases beating their respective stock averages, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report observed roughly three weeks after it announced a more active presence in reporting on mutual funds. Large cap active mutual fund managers see rise in May performance Fully 50% of large cap fund managers beat their Russell 1000 index benchmark in May, a BAML Equity and Quant Strategy report observed. The average large cap fund advanced +1.8% over the period, which was in-line with the Russell 1000. While the active manager saw positive returns in the recent…

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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.