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.
As one of the greatest investors of all time, it’s inevitable that every time Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) underperforms the market someone will ask if the Oracle of Omaha... Read More
Lakewood Capital, long known for its aggressive short exposure, delivered the rare feat of profiting on both long and short during the fourth quarter. The fund was up 6.2%... Read More
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Blue Tower Asset Management letter to investors for the second quarter ended June 2020, disucssing their holdings in EZCORP Inc (NASDAQ:EZPW).
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GrizzlyRock was up 2% net for the fourth quarter and 19.77% net for all of 2019. The fund's long book contributed 11.4% for the fourth quarter and 35.3% for... Read More
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