$43 Hot Dog In Davos Raises Elite Eyebrows

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Mark Melin
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Just after the Swiss National Bank eliminated the peg controlling the price of its currency to be linked to that of the euro and sending the Swiss currency to new heights, the world’s proclaimed elite descended on Davos and discovered an already expensive trip just became more so. After arriving at the Belvedere Hotel bar, which a Bloomberg article labeled “the schmoozer’s hostelry of choice,” a Davos guest would have to pay $41 US for a night cap glass on Johnnie Walker Blue, up from $35 before the currency move. In case Davos patrons aren’t looking to wind down the…

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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.