Study Identifies Best Hedge Fund Stock Pickers

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Mark Melin
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Some of the best hedge fund stock pickers are those many investors may never have heard of before, how is that possible? Hedge fund stock pickers: Separating alpha from beta Separating hedge fund managers from their “alpha,” or individual skill at selecting appropriate investments, from “beta,” or the general performance of a market or stock sector, was the goal of a new study from Alpha Attribution. “Lots of the big guys have been coasting on the relentless nature of the current bull market – not that there’s anything wrong with that,” Josh Brown wrote about the study. “The bill collectors don’t…

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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.