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.
Greece has been a popular location for value investors over the past couple of years. Dan Loeb, Seth Klarman are among famous investors who have bet big on Greece (we... Read More
Hedge funds are having a much better year this year after posting four months of performance-based gains, but it seems investors aren't happy yet to leave their money in.... Read More
Aswath Damodaran: Introduction to class
Describes the class, its objectives and structure.
Session 1: Setting the table
Lays out the structure of the class and the big picture of corporate finance, along... Read More
How Tough Are Investors Getting On Hedge Fund Fees by Convergence
The debate around lowering hedge fund fees is nothing new and costs are often mentioned among the reasons for... Read More
The short end of the long / short ratio has been much maligned. In July, for instance, shorts shorts subtracted -5.1% from hedge fund performance, according to a Morgan... Read More
The prospect of a Trump presidency has already made a profound impact on markets. It has, for example, caused a sharp shift from bonds to U.S. equities, sparked a... Read More
In his latest piece titled – Disclosure Dilemma: When more (data) leads to less (information)!, Aswath Damodaran explains why greater disclosure is actually hurting investors rather than helping them saying:
Q2... Read More
The Talas Turkey Value Fund returned 9.5% net for the first quarter on a concentrated portfolio in which 93% of its capital is invested in 14 holdings. The MSCI... Read More
China's Phantom Urbanization And The Pathology Of Ghost Cities
Christian Sorace
University of Texas at Austin
William Hurst
Northwestern University - Department of Political Science
January 29, 2015
Journal of Contemporary Asia, Forthcoming
Abstract:... Read More
The Social Security trustees issued their annual report on the program’s financial condition earlier this year, along with their companion report on Medicare. As in previous years, these reports... Read More