The practice of companies using their own, non-GAAP accounting standards to spin earnings is nothing new. But did last week's statement from Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) go too far? The Minneapolis-based retailer’s spokesman Eric Hausman was quoted as saying it will exclude from its accounting statements costs from a recent technology breach where 40 million of its customer credit and debit card accounts were hacked and customer’s private information stolen.
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.
“Alternative capital” from hedge funds, pension funds and other yield seeking institutional investors is becoming a larger piece of the reinsurance marketplace, notes a recent study from the U.S.... Read More
Big Worries About Money Can Put Years On Your Face by Lawrence Goodman-Brandeis, Futurity
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In a recent study, people with the highest levels of financial stress looked like... Read More
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B), synonymous with legendary investor Warren Buffet, on Wednesday said that it bought back 9,200 Class A shares at a price of $131,000 a share... Read More
he S&P is by no means in a bubble…..it also is by no means “cheap”.
Q4 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more
“Davidson” submits:
The SP500 is a 37% premium to... Read More
“What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.”
Benjamin Disraeli
We’ve been talking about a 3% yield on the 10-year Treasury as a line in the sand. It... Read More
Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)'s proposal to acquire Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) will combine two of the largest oil services companies in the world if regulators allow it to close. There's... Read More
Foundry Value Master Fund commentary for the month ended January 31, 2016.
Investment Objective
The goal of the Foundry Value Master Fund, LTD. (“FVMF” or the “Fund”) is to generate portfolio... Read More
