Russians Like Donald Trump

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Mark Melin
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It has not been since the “Reagan Revolution” in the 1980s that Russia has figured so prominently in the US Presidential election. Average Russian citizens, for their part, tend to favor Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, but mostly can’t explain why or how they developed these opinions, according to regional experts. But make no mistake: after all the perfunctory images of Russian influence over US politics in 2016 have played out, a very real if not stark policy divide exists between the Trump and Clinton approach to the US adversary to the east. While average Russians may not know it,…

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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.