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.
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These are among many of the words that have been used lately to describe the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact, which was finally signed in Atlanta... Read More
Can Intuit’s deep pockets take market share away from Zero, who dominates the Australian & New Zealand market?
Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc
It’s going to be interesting to... Read More
One of the worst performing sectors of the market this year has been the offshore oil and gas drilling sector. A combination of oversupply and falling demand, has pushed... Read More
Corsair Capital's first quarter 2015 letter to shareholders and a pitch on Orbital ATK via Market Folly
Corsair Capital's First Quarter 2015 Letter
Dear Limited Partner:
For the first quarter ended March... Read More
The main headlines from Mary Jo White’s Congressional testimony yesterday centered around her saying the markets were not “rigged,” yet several little known sentences could potentially lead to a... Read More
The rise of passive investing has been well documented with John Bogle's Vanguard killing it this year. So has the decline of active management and high-cost mutual funds.
However, for... Read More
After making the headlines for resigning as CEO of Citigroup, Vikram Pandit is now rumored to be on the verge of making a comeback in the hedge fund business.... Read More
Carlson Capital's October performance numbers are out, and the firm's relative value and thematic funds were the standout performers.
Q3 2019 hedge fund letters, conferences and more
October returns for Carlson
The... Read More
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Market Action
*US: Dow Jones industrial: (INDEXDJX:.DJI) 13232.62 (-0.15%), S&P 500: (INDEXSP:.INX) 1404.17 (0.11%), NASDAQ: 3055.26... Read More
Continued from Pt.2….Value investing: The academic research [Pt. 2]
Part one can be found here: Value investing: The academic research [Pt. 1]
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