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.
Chuck established Akre Capital Management in 1989 and, for a time, operated it as part of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. In 2000, Akre Capital Management again became independent... Read More
Jefferies has banked on a couple of near certainties in a Trump presidency – building of the wall on the border with Mexico, and the building of a protectionist... Read More
While most of the recent focus on Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) reform has focused... Read More
Quantitative easing and “ultra-accommodative monetary policy” have delivered significant fiscal benefits to the European Union, a Barclays report notes. But the report, titled “QE’s fiscal high will not last... Read More
T11 Capital Interview
This is week ten of ValueWalk’s weekly Value Fund Interview Series.
Throughout this series, we are publishing weekly interviews value-oriented hedge fund, and asset managers. All the past... Read More
Drawdown ahead? With the S&P 500 getting close to all-time highs, investors are being forced up the risk curve and taking on more risk despite deteriorating growth fundamentals --... Read More
It’s probably a good time to invest in commodities now when prices are lower, according to former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein.
Q2 2020 hedge fund... Read More
Four Questions To Test Your Rationality by Sui Chuan Yeo, ValueEdge
Find out if you are really rational by answering these 4 questions. Poll results and answers will be... Read More
Activist hedge fund Jana Partners added to its positions in the media and cloud spaces during the second quarter. The fund also initiated several new positions in the engineering... Read More