As Greeks Look To Sell Debt, Ignore These Issues

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Mark Melin
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After securing its latest tranche of bailout debt from the European Central Bank, Greece’s left-wing Syriza government is ready for more. Investors in Greece’s government debt might try to forget GDP levels are at 179%, among the highest in the world and second only to Japan in among developed Western nations. They also might want to forget the ECB and Troika of forces in the region have yet to forgive any of its debt — a key thesis in a recent rating upgrade.  The cash strapped government, which was recently selling off assets and reducing benefits to government employees amid…

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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.