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.
ValueAct Capital is a value fund founded and managed by Jeffrey Ubben that makes large investments in a relatively small number of companies that it believes are deeply undervalued.... Read More
Your money is unlikely to last you as long as most savings withdrawal calculators will tell you. That famous 4% withdrawal rule? Not so fast, especially not in the... Read More
The third quarter of 2015 was one of the most turbulence periods for hedge funds since 2008. According to HFC the hedge fund industry suffered a $95 billion decline... Read More
Tom Gayner is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Markel, a specialty insurer located 102 miles south of Motley Fool HQ. Mr. Gayner kindly invited me and three... Read More
Great article by David Kass on Todd Combs and Ted Weschler. If you missed his other recent excellent piece check it out here.
How did Mr. Combs and Mr. Weschler... Read More
We have talked about G4S plc (LON:GFS) (OTCMKTS:GFSZY), the UK-based security solutions company, a couple of times before. The company now has an activist hedge fund, associated with Carl Icahn, on... Read More
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) hosted a conference at Bank of America Merrill Lynch today. The CFO, Ken Hannah spoke about the company's plan and urged investors to have patience... Read More
While we’re being told coal is having “an existential crisis,” The Wall Street Journal reports:
Q2 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more
Coal was in decline for years in many... Read More
We compare the two most popular multi-factor strategy construction methods of mixing and integrating, and recommend when each of the two strategies is the more suitable for an investor’s... Read More
Today is earnings day for several firms. Here are our top picks:
The Home Depot Inc. (NYSE:HD) reported a profit of $1.04 billion for the first quarter of 2012 as it... Read More