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.
Crude oil prices have been caught in a downward spiral since June following a glut in global supply, tepid demand due to weakening economic growth and in some measure,... Read More
In recent years, a batch of hedge funds that trade liquid, more exotic markets has reported attractive double-digit returns, while the rest of the hedge fund industry has struggled... Read More
Logos LP letter for the year ended December 31, 2016; titled, "Three Year Anniversary."
“The best thing a human being can do is to help another human being know more.”... Read More
Our readers are lucky this week. First we have a new Howard Marks video from a CFA conference, now a new interview with Marks. Check it out below.
Howard Marks... Read More
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM) is in talks to buy Texas Industries, Inc. (NYSE:TXI), according to anonymous sources said to be close to the deal, report Aaron Kirchfeld, David Welch... Read More
One of the “white hat” activist hedge fund managers, Jeffery Ubben, was rewarded by a firm in which he invests, 21st Century Fox, who recommended making room for him... Read More
Proxy Access Proposals: Preliminary 2015 U.S. Postseason Review by Patrick McGurn and Edward Kamonjoh, ISS
Key Takeaways
Proxy access exploded on to the scene in 2015 as shareholder proponents lobbed almost... Read More
How Mohnish Pabrai Crushed The Market By 1100% Since 2000 nice article fromForbes (found via CornerOfBerkshire) - see a small excerpt below
Mohnish Pabrai's long-only equity fund has returned a cumulative 517%... Read More
This week Consuelo Mack WealthTrack features a new interview with visionary Yale economist and author Robert Shiller, premiering nationwide beginning Friday, March 29 and on wealthtrack.com Monday, April 1. We got a preview of the... Read More
The markets are entering the fourth quarter in a “febrile state,” notes an investment letter from Cheyne Capital reviewed by ValueWalk, showing range with his medical thesaurus.
What the credit hedge... Read More