Four benchmark indexes could not have come at a better time. When on August 18, the Chicago Board Options Exchange and Eurekahedge announced a slew of new benchmark indexes measuring the performance of various volatility investing strategies, they did so at a time when volatility has come front and center in the market discussion.
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.
David Winters appeared on Fox Business with Maria Bartiromo to discuss the possibility of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) and 3G Capital taking The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) private. They also... Read More
Under Dr. Rajan, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been averse to loosening the strings on money supply, which is tied to decisions on policy interest rates, Jefferies... Read More
CS: S&P 500 Overseas Cash Now Exceeds $3 Trillion At least $750 billion in cash & nearly $2.3 trillion in earnings from S&P 500 companies is parked overseas according... Read More
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Few took notice the last time the world began noticeably aging. That was in 2011 when the first baby boomers reached the age of 65, according to Macquarie, but... Read More
A Source of Inefficiency Across Market Capitalizations - Francois Badelon of Amiral Gestion Read More
Bank of America also exhibited deficiencies in some areas but did not fail the stress test Read More
A man pulled a gun on me last week. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc I was in the Ipanema neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. Ipanema is one of the wealthiest... Read More
The likelihood of a major equity sell-off during the next 12 months is around 20% according to a recent Cross-Asset Dispatches research report from strategists at Morgan Stanley. The... Read More
This morning Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:FRX) announced, that pursuant to an agreement with Carl Icahn, Forest’s board has appointed Vincent Intrieri as a new independent board member and Carl Icahn... Read More
