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.
Will scrap metal make a rebound?
Metals such as copper and aluminum are closely watched by certain market participants due to their correlation with economic activity. The price of copper... Read More
Krensavage Partners gained 8.45% during the first quarter, driven by long positions in Enanta Pharmaceuticals, RTI Surgical Holdings and Invacare Corp. Two biotech shorts negatively impacted the fund's returns.... Read More
By Cliff Asness of AQR Capital
After many years (decades) of being one of the very early hedge fund critics I've recently (tepidly) defended hedge funds from overwrought attacks that... Read More
Barclays, the British bank whose high frequency trading activity had been the subject of consternation, has continued its global pullback, exiting its long-held post at the New York Stock... Read More
A round table discussion took place on CNBC today about the merits of buying Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) stock after news in recent days has revealed some household names in... Read More
As much as value investors like to lean on PE multiples to identify cheap stocks, using it to compare companies in different markets often means ignoring other important, systemic... Read More
Eric Mindich's Eton Park Capital filed 13f with SEC today. The major buys and sells of the the multi-strategy hedge fund are discussed below. Eton Park's publicly disclosed long equities... Read More
Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU)Â released its earnings report for the first three months of 2013 today, Thursday April 25, after the market closed. The company recorded earnings of $0.95 per... Read More
Warren Buffett's Portfolio Is Irrelevant To Us by Luke F. Delorme, Director of Financial Planning, American Investment Services, Inc. - AIER
I was recently at a lecture about investing and... Read More
3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD)Â lowered its non-GAAP EPS guidance for FY 2013 in the range of $0.83 to $0.87 against its earlier guidance of $0.93 to $1.03.
3D Systems Corporation (NYSE:DDD)’s... Read More