Khaled Beydoun’s Riposte Capital was hard hit in the second quarter on its short exposure, but is still sporting an 8.8 percent gain year to date – easily trouncing the S&P 500, which turned negative on the year today. The factor that has been propelling the hedge fund’s success in 2015, however, is not the long exposure, but its shorts. While short exposure cost the hedge fund -1.54 percent in the second quarter, on a year to date basis selling shares netted gains of 7.3 percent while buying shares only contributed 1.5 percent year to date, aided by a 1.87…
Riposte Capital Up 8.8% YTD; Sells Out Before SunEdison Crash
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.