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.
Nelson Peltz from Trian Fund Management repeated his idea for a merger between PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) and Mondelez International Inc (NASDAQ:MDLZ) in his latest quarterly letter. Earlier we updated our readers on... Read More
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Market Levels
* US: Dow: 13268.60 (-0.08%), S&P 500: 1402.31 (-0.25%), NASDAQ: 3059.85 (0.31%)
* Europe:... Read More
After JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) announced its plans to exit physical commodities, attention is turning towards Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS).
Last week, JPMorgan Chase &... Read More
Real estate investment trusts plunged 15% from their previous high before turning positive. However, Chilton Capital's Chris St. Paul advised investors to use the recent weakness in the REIT... Read More
The Singapore tax authorities have issued clarifications regarding the treatment of transactions in Bitcoins, the virtual currency.
The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore responded to Coin Republic’s requests to clarify... Read More
By GreenWood Investors
Our time to evolve has come. And we also believe the investment community’s time for evolution is not only long overdue, but has already begun. We fundamentally believe... Read More
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While non-performing loans (NPL) among banks in Spain is close to an all-time high at 11 percent, the real number is closer to 17 percent, a study from Exane BNP... Read More
Brexit Roadblocks, Potential Blowback For UK, From Financial Theorist Pete Kyle by University Of Maryland
SMITH BRAIN TRUST — The debate over whether Great Britain should exit the E.U. —... Read More
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