The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is in negotiations with BATS Global Markets, Inc. (BATS:BATS) to settle charges the stock exchange provided high frequency traders unfair advantages, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing unnamed sources. The move could the the first major manifestation from SEC Charwoman Mary Jo White's plan to reign in the trading practice.
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.
Since the formation of Oaktree in 1995, Mr. Marks has been responsible for ensuring the firm's adherence to its core investment philosophy, communicating closely with clients concerning products and... Read More
First Eagle Insights - After Brexit H/T Dataroma The investment markets have seen a lot of turbulence in the last 24 hours. If there ever was an event that established the... Read More
As you likely know, the equity markets have responded well in 2017 to the global recovery in corporate earnings. However, during the past several weeks we have finally seen... Read More
Are you always searching for a better or the absolute best investment strategy? Superior investment performance can be attributed to some combination of 3 basic drivers If so I have good... Read More
In my last post, I looked at hurdle rates for companies, across industries and across regions, and argued that these hurdle rates represent benchmarks that companies have to beat,... Read More
It could take a generation for central bank balance sheets to normalize Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past ten years, you will know that one of... Read More
Chinese telecommunications manufacturing giant, Huawei Technology Co Ltd (SHE:002502), has once again found itself in trouble over allegedly offering to sell embargoed Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) computer equipment to Iran's largest... Read More
Société Générale’s ‘expensive stocks with poor earnings quality screen’, which is published monthly, seeks to unearth the market’s most undesirable stocks -- if you’re looking for short ideas the report is... Read More
Deregulation to make a return under Trump? In nearly a decade since the Global Financial Crisis, much of the regulatory landscape has changed. The U.S. passed the Dodd-Frank Act while... Read More
'Whom Do You Trust?' Investor-Advisor Relationships And Mutual Fund Flows Leonard Kostovetsky Carroll School of Management, Boston College March 31, 2013 Simon Business School Working Paper No. FR 14-02 Abstract: I measure the... Read More
