Market observers who want to keep track of the activist investor game now have a handy scorecard that tracks their success and failure in an entertaining and informative fashion. Most popular activist-targeted corporations The activist investor scorecard, published by New York Times Dealbook, considers twelve of the most popular target corporations and then overlays the current results on a game board-like graphic. The game board tracks return on investment for each major activist investor on the Y axis and considers if they are achieving their stated goals or if their campaign is an “utter failure,” tracked on the X axis….
Activist Score Board Tracks Success and "Utter Failure"
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.
