There is enough blood on the street, a recent Macquarie Research piece says, and after the theater stocks have retreated 12 percent, it’s now time to buy beleaguered offerings. Why don’t small movie theaters show new blockbusters? Its due to a “clearance zone” Have you ever wondered why small, independent movie theaters seldom run blockbuster movies that are often run exclusively in large theater chains such as AMC, Regal or Cinemark? The answer is a “clearance zone” that provides the major movie chains exclusive rights to the blockbusters, locking out the smaller independent businesses. Sometimes the exclusive region can be…
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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.