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.
Hedge funds are most susceptible to a 2001 NASDAQ-style crash, according to recent stress tests carried out by research firm eVestment. Stress tests done on 30 hedge funds with... Read More
On Friday, the following companies will wrap up the week with earnings reports: Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL), Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON), Kimberly Clark Corp (NYSE:KMB), The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) and... Read More
IN THIS EDITION
PAR FOR THE PATHOLOGICAL COURSE
Economic policymakers are like children in that they are held only partially accountable for their mistakes and misdeeds. And just as children learn... Read More
Societe Generale’s Global Strategy “Team,” headed and entirely manned by Albert Edwards, has never been shy about expressing counter-trend opinions, particularly regarding the market distorting impact of central bank... Read More
RV Capital letter to co-investors for the period ended December 2014.
Business Owner TGV vs. the DAX
A Great Year
Dear Co-Investor,
The NAV of Business Owner was EUR 299.61 as of 30... Read More
This article is Part 10 of an 11-part series analysis of Tesla, Elon Musk and EV Revolution. You can read other parts here.
Q3 2019 hedge fund letters, conferences and... Read More
The global shipping industry is oversupplied. Because supply far exceeds demand, shipping rates have plummeted, as have the prices of ships. Some shipping companies have sought to capitalize on... Read More
Morning Market News
Stocks that are expected to trade actively in U.S. markets on Tuesday include: Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), Texas... Read More
Higher interest rates Don't Mean Fatter Profits
It is generally believed that higher interest rates are better for banks and, as a result, as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy,... Read More
Chris Mayer is the Investment Director of Bonner & Partners, a financial research firm. He is the author of Invest Like A Dealmaker: Secrets from a former banking insider,... Read More