A Bridgewater strategy document reviewed by ValueWalk shows the importance of leverage in the U.S. economy and how certain players are keeping an eye on all developments in this realm.
The report first addresses how the government successfully avoided a near term debt entanglement in the aftermath of the 2008 derivatives crash, but then points to a problem down the road.
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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