Horseman Capital Ready For Bear; Pares Back China Shorts, Details Bet Against Consumer Staples

17Sep2016September 17, 2016

Horseman Capital Ready For Bear; Pares Back China Shorts, Details Bet Against Consumer Staples

Horseman Capital Management, the $2.5 billion fund manager whose Horseman Global fund was up 31.26% in 2008, once again has its long / short dial set for bear as they wait for a coming “capitulation.” In an August 2016 letter to investors reviewed by ValueWalk, the fund had a negative long-short ratio by 83.74% in August, resulting in down -4.94% monthly performance. With the MSCI World index up 3% this year, and the MSCI Emerging Markets index up . . .

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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.

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