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.
During its quarterly conference call with analysts, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ)’s CFO confirmed the company is not interested in bidding for Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP).
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) chief... Read More
Buffett Reminds His Top Managers: Reputation Is Everything
Warren Buffett, who’s run Berkshire for the past five decades, sends a memo every other year to the managers of each of... Read More
As I have explained for a while, the U.S.-China conflict is much more extensive than a “trade war.” It is an ideological conflict of comparable powers in a small... Read More
Five years ago information the DoJ had in its possession showing the world's second largest bank engaging in apparent illegal behavior have some in Congress and media wondering about... Read More
The whole story this week was about Todd Combs. The story seemed strange as Combs was unheard of until Berkshire Hathway announced his appointed as an investment officer, earlier... Read More
ETFGI reports ETFs/ETPs listed in the United States gathered record inflows of 47 billion US dollars and assets reached a new high of 2.758 trillion US dollars at the... Read More
Raffery Capital Markets Vice President Richard X. Bove highlights the changes in Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Association (OTCBB:FNMA) upon FHFA's policy changes.
Change in FHFA directorship
Representative Mel Watt takes... Read More
Part eight of a short series on Martin (Marty) Whitman. To catch up on the rest of the story, click one of the links below:
The Life and Investment Career Of... Read More
When Mr. Market decides to mark down the value of his businesses for no apparent reason, many value investors go bargain hunting in their own portfolios. But what about... Read More
Long ago in a place far, far away (well actually just Germany), my roommates and I agreed to speak only German, despite all being native English speakers. The adult... Read More