Anchorage Capital, a primarily debt-oriented hedge fund with a certain degree of distressed equity investing, likes to add to exposure after a drawdown. And they see trouble ahead for US equities with the potential for spillover into not only corporate debt markets, but interest rates across the board could rise. In a July 30th 2016 second quarter investor letter reviewed by ValueWalk, the more than $15 billion fund manager said they are positioning the portfolio for market volatility and an opportunity to invest on a drawdown. Also see latest hedge fund letters Sharp movements could produce significant opportunities, fund says Anchorage Capital…
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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.