Citadel’s Ken Griffin has a lot on his mind at present. China recently suspended Citadel Securities trading privileges in one account. (ValueWalk reported on July 17, well before the issue was public, that China was investigating U.S. based trading firms.) Beyond China, the political horses Ken Griffin and other local hedge fund players backed in Illinois politics were winners, but are now at the predicted point where they need to make serious debt decisions – choices that might not lead to future election victories. And of course he is embroiled in an emotionally draining divorce involving school-aged children. But with all this on…
Ken Griffin Says China "Over-Responded" To Short Selling
Mark Melin
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.