Justin Fox, author of The Myth of the Rational Market and Executive Editor of the Harvard Busienss Review Group publications, doesn’t think there is much mystery to Carl Icahn’s investing philosophy, although few have actually generated Icahn's level of success.
But regardless of track record, the approach is simple, Fox says. In fact, he thinks his four year old could do the same work.
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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Welcome to the Weekly S&P500 #ChartStorm (by email!)
Q3 2021 hedge fund letters, conferences and more
The Chart Storm is a weekly selection of 10 charts which I hand pick from... Read More
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Activist Insight and Kingsdale Advisors launch the first report focusing specifically on M&A activism.
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Forecasting Returns: Simple Is Not Simplistic via Meb Faber, The Idea Farm
Fun little piece from Research Affiliates on forecasting models.
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