The second quarter of 2014 has been among Carl Icahn’s stronger showings, as his sometimes loud brand of activist investing delivered for investors again. Carl Icahn’s fund delivers 10.7% in 2Q Icahn had a difficult first quarter, as Icahn Enterprises LP (NASDAQ:IEP) fell by 0.4 percent. The second quarter of 2014, however, saw Icahn’s fund deliver 10.7 percent, according to comments made by Icahn Enterprises Chief Financial Officer SungHwan Cho, reported in Forbes. Icahn had losses in the first quarter that now appear as wins. This includes his investment in eBay which, after reaching a high near $60 per share in…
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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.
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