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.
The biggest threat of last year - a hard landing in China - seems to have resurfaced with several banks highlighting dangers that could still derail the world's second... Read More
Chinese authorities have arrested nearly two hundred people for allegedly spreading rumors online about the China’s stock market turmoil and the fatal warehouse explosion in Tianjin.
The latest announcements come... Read More
Citron Research the is third major short-seller to target BofI Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOFI). Greenwich andKerrisdale Capital did so earlier this year. Below is the latest from Citron, with their short... Read More
China looked as though it was on the verge of a financial collapse last night. Indeed, today the carnage has continued with gold down over 5 percent as asset... Read More
2017 could be the year of the global “geopolitical recession,” a research report from the Eurasia Group blares. The "shock" election of Donald Trump will be causation for a... Read More
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Julian Robertson's hedge fund firm Tiger Management L.L.C. recently filed a Securities and Exchange Commission 13F and disclosed $478,201,593 in holdings on Sept. 30, 2012 (likely... Read More
Police have fatally shot a knife wielding African-American just three short miles from the site of Michael Brown’s Ferguson, MO, shooting, according to press reports breaking from the region.
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Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:ZNGA) founder Mark Pincus said he was stepping down as chief executive of the troubled video game company and will be replaced by Don Mattrick, currently the... Read More
The Continuing war on Cash
The insidious nature of the war on cash derives not just from the hurdles governments place in the way of those who use cash, but... Read More
Fox Business Network’s (FBN) Liz Claman reports government attorneys pulled former American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg from the Starr vs. U.S. witness list after, “weighing... Read More