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.
Investing in core bonds (Treasuries and other high grade bonds, spread across different maturities) is a standard part of most retirement plans, but the same financial pressures and low... Read More
At the beginning of June, the Financial Times published a damning assessment of value’s performance in 2017. The newspaper noted that the top ten performing stocks of the S&P... Read More
Warren Buffett loves a good moat and this is one of the reasons why he has always been a big fan of Gillette - consider the following quote from... Read More
As the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) continues to push higher and sentiment grows, the possibility of a pullback or a market top grows with it, and investors have to weigh chasing... Read More
Managing A Creative Culture by Christopher Pavese, Broyhill Asset Management
Edwin Catmull left Lucasfilm in 1986 when the firm’s digital division was purchased by Steve Jobs, marking the birth of... Read More
Hedge Fund Industry Weighs In on the Presidential Election / Outlook for Dodd-Frank by The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable
NEW YORK, NY, August 24, 2015 – In the wake... Read More
Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) (LON:BARC)’s chairman of global banking unit Ros Stephenson is set to take up global role at Swiss lender UBS AG (NYSE:UBS), marking the latest senior departure... Read More
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) and American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) had a secret non-compete agreement in place over hiring employees for a year that has now ended, according to a... Read More
Simon Lowth will leave AstraZeneca plc (NYSE:AZN) (LON:AZN) where he has been chief financial officer since 2007 for the same position at BG Group plc (OTCMKTS:BRGYY) (LON:BG), Reuters reports.
AstraZeneca... Read More
While the financial world’s attention is fixed on the global macro economy, Brexit and, China, something has been going on with USD Libor fixings.
The past couple of weeks have seen... Read More
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