As St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, along with a chorus of Fed speakers, said it was time to raise interest rates that have been held at emergency levels as a result of the 2008 financial crisis, comes a Societe Generale Cross Asset Research report that notes Fed credibility is at stake in December. As a delicate operation to remove stimulus from stock market could put a damper on a November that is traditionally positive for equity investors, the aftermath of historic quantitative easing is considered by the father of QE magic, former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke, who says it is “ridiculous” to…
Hedge Funds Up Euro Shorts Ahead Of Possible Fed Hike
Mark Melin
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.