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.
“Should investors still care about Bank Energy Exposure with oil at $50?” That’s the question posed by Morgan Stanley’s equity research team in a new research note sent to... Read More
Along the panoply of much-hyped hedge fund terms, "machine learning" stands out. The predominantly PhD-driven sales pitch makes stunning claims about a computer's ability to "learn," assign value to... Read More
Richard Feynman - The Best Teacher Bill Gates Never Had
Thirty years ago I went on vacation and fell for Richard Feynman.
A friend and I were planning a trip together... Read More
Thanks to U.S. domestic equity outflows and a large deceleration in domestic taxable fixed income inflows, long-term mutual funds were in negative territory for the fourth week in a... Read More
After a U.S. diplomat said Argentina is in “default” on its debt, the Latin American nation warned that “severe measures will be taken” if the “default” terminology is used... Read More
Phoenix UK Fund had its fourth best year in 2013, generating a 20.9% return while investing primarily in European shares, according to an investor letter reviewed by ValueWalk.
Among the... Read More
Hedge Funds And Liquid Alternatives - Put Into Perspective by Skenderbeg Alternative Investments
"One of the largest risks in the investing world is not simply the risk you are taking,... Read More
China: Thin Air's Money Isn't Created Out Of Thin Air by Michael Pettis, Michael Pettis' China Financial Market
A recurring conversation I have with clients concerns the ability of banks... Read More
Morgan Stanley wants institutional investors to be aware of their credit hedging options going into a likely Federal Reserve rate rise, which was defined by former BlackRock and Treasury... Read More
PIMCO founder and longtime CIO Bill Gross has left the company to manage the Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, starting on Monday according to a press release, posted in... Read More