Keep the faith, says a market report from Morgan Stanley, there will be a sustainable bounce going into the year-end. The issue on a longer term basis, however, might be found in selecting the right investment horse in a market environment where policy accommodation, that wonderful feeling of artificial stimulation, provides a sugar high boost to investors. But the crash most recently witnessed through August and September volatility might require an investor to understand that volatility itself may actually be sending stocks a positive message. Morgan Stanley: Risk parity and commodity trader activity in August / September “understandable concerns” “Shocks…
Volatility Pattern Sending Stock Investors Green Light Signal
Mark Melin
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.