Protesters Take To the Streets In Atlantic City, Target Icahn Again

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Mark Melin
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As 2,000 union workers marched in the city streets, protesting punishing cuts in health care and other pension benefits, one might think the scene is Greece. But no, it’s the Atlantic City Boardwalk and the protesters are union members converging on their workplace at the Trump Taj Mahal to protest Hedge Fund manager Carl Icahn. Arrests made in Icahn protest as streets blocked Wearing neon shirts that vowed “We will not be Icahn-ed,” members of the Unite Here Local 54 were joined by a host of other workers from New York and Philadelphia as streets were blocked, leading to 75…

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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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