Last week was historic from a number of standpoint. Not only did the Dow Jones Industrial Average have a never before string of 300 point down moves, and the S&P 500 index posted its largest loss since the once thought infallible Long Term Capital Management team of geniuses finally found gravity in 1998. But it was the recent move in volatility, as measured by the VIX Index, that caught the eye of Goldman Sachs analysts.
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.
Morning Market Update
Stocks that are expected to trade actively in U.S. markets on Wednesday include: Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Deere & Company (NYSE:DE), Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M), Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT),... Read More
Risk And Return From A Value Investing Perspective
The thinking in traditional finance theory is that, to gain higher returns; you need to take on more risk. Thus, higher returns... Read More
Every afternoon we provide an update on global market levels, company news, economic news, and hedge fund news. Stocks in focus today include; EMG, FDO, YHOO, CSX, FRX, S, SCHW,... Read More
JP Morgan’s US Equity Strategy Team has declined to come up with anything as eye-catching as Bank of America’s “Icarus trade", it but the team still believes that the... Read More
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) management today announced a change of course in their controversial management compensation package, citing “shareholder engagement” at multiple points in the news release as a consideration. ... Read More
Carlson Capital's Black Diamond Arbitrage Partners, L.P fund declined 3.45% net of fees during the first quarter of 2020, that's according to the fund's first-quarter letter to investors, which... Read More
U.S. regulators might double minimum capital requirements for the largest banks to 6 percent of total assets, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Yalman Onaran of Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the Federal... Read More
Earlier this week the World Bank called upon China to cut its economic growth target of 7.5% for 2015 to 7%, and focus instead on achieving its reform plans.
“The... Read More
Hedge Weekly HSBC latest numbers have China focused hedge funds dominating the pack
Looking at the array of hedge fund strategies and their performance year to date tells a very... Read More
"Many investors lack a strategy that equips them to deal with a rise in volatility and declining markets," Seth Klarman told his audience in a speech at MIT in... Read More
