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.
Donald Yacktman, president of Yacktman Asset Management Co., talks about Michael Dell's agreement to sweeten his proposal to buy Dell Inc. with a special dividend. Yacktman, whose firm owns... Read More
Brandes Global Equity Fund commentary for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.
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Travel to clients abroad and preoccupation with my coming book on cycles (final draft submitted just the other day) have combined to keep me from writing... Read More
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) has already warned that trade volumes are going to be disappointing for this quarter, and it seems that other banks are facing the same... Read More
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Bruce Greenwald On Apple Inc. (AAPL) vi The New York Times
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“Apple is extraordinarily cheap, but it’s never been a value stock in the traditional sense,” said Bruce Greenwald, who... Read More
Just as funds were being shut down and executives were resigning, there were some lucky ones who were rising along with the franc
When it comes to currency moves, the massive surge... Read More
Pick and choose your poison. An economy which is growing at 3% and an unemployment rate of less than 4% will see rate cuts in next week Fed meeting.... Read More