Saudi / Iranian Conflict Playing Out In Proxy Nations Such As Lebanon

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Mark Melin
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Tensions across the Middle East are mounting as a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran looms as a powerful undercurrent in what is currently a proxy war. The battlefield is not only laced with Iranian supplied rockets firing into the Saudi capital of Riyadh, but it is also a financial war with Lebanon’s dollar Peg among the potential economic casulaties. As if to benchmark a moment in history, Capital Economics, which successfully analyzed the against the consensus Brexit trade, also notes a historical benchmark in the wider Arab conflict. [russia] Saudis consider war with Iran after missile launch Israeli security…

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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.