Hedge fund manager Russell Clark’s worldview is starting to materialize, and if it does investors in the developed world might do well to take cover. The manager of Horseman Capital Management, characterized as “the world’s most bearish hedge fund manager,” turned bullish, is starting to see his short exposure pay off. Not just in shale – his negative trade du jour – but some of what Clark is seeing in the emerging markets is playing into his bearish worldview just perfectly. Bond prices have been trending alongside oil for the past few years, Clark noted in an August letter to…
Russell Clark Back In The Black Is Short Developed & Long Emerging Markets
Mark Melin
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.