In the 46-page Omega Advisors October 17 letter to investors is an issue that hits a raw nerve among many alternative asset managers. How is it that hedge fund managers, which in large part feast off an understanding of how the macro environment works and where mispricing was located, could find such an unprecedented string of underperformance? Steven Einhorn, a partner at the firm, looks in part to the central bank balance sheet as he correlates the two to consider the issue that dates back to 2009. [dalio] Central banks should not be criticized but they are involved in creating…
Steve Einhorn Correlates Fed Balance Sheet Size With Hedge Fund Returns And It's Not Pretty
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.