Nearly one month after JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon told Congress that another Lehman-style market crash is not a concern, the International Monetary Fund has a different message. Global debt levels are elevated to extreme levels and the IMF is warning about a coming global financial crisis.
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.
Robert Shiller says that asset prices are still being driven by narrative, but this time it’s a story of anxiousness instead of optimism Read More
As the cycle of European crises becomes shorter and shorter the problem has ceased to be one of headline risk according to a report from Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB).... Read More
The FBI is becoming increasingly aggressive and sophisticated in its investigations of financial crime, noted Trace Schmeltz, an attorney at Chicago-based Barnes & Thornburg. Â Schmeltz, who has worked with... Read More
From Whitney Tilson of T2 Parters: Our fund rose 1.5% in April vs. -0.6% for the S&P 500, +0.2% for the Dow and -1.4% for the Nasdaq. Year to date, our... Read More
In his first speech since taking over the role of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) director, Mel Watt finally shared his strategic vision for Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage... Read More
Angela Merkel has some problems... The European Stability Mechanism, ESM, or simply the euro bailout fund, stands on 700 billion euros, a pretty big number. But even after this plentiful... Read More
Notes from SoMa Equity Partners' Gil Simon presentation from the 2020 SohnX San Francisco Conference. See the full coverage here. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more freestocks-photos / Pixabay Gil Simon... Read More
Oil's Downfall Aided by Rise of Fracking Posted on May 20, 2016 by Ryan Vanzo Earlier this year, oil prices fell to roughly 15-year lows, a global downturn for one of... Read More
The most prominent uncertainty facing markets in 2018 is central bank balance sheet unwinding. For the first time since the financial crisis began, this year the Federal Reserve will... Read More
Blackrock Inc. (NYSE:BLK) is continuing its move to be more than just a profit making companyand using its power in the market to influence the way investment works today.... Read More
