As the stock market has been rising, the Waterstone Market Neutral Fund had a challenging May, down 3.76 percent according to an investor letter reviewed by ValueWalk. Over the last three months the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) index moved higher from 1872 to 1962. Waterstone Market Neutral Fund short position in SuperValu Briefly mentioned in the investor letter is its short in SuperValu INC. (NYSE:SVU), which is up over ten percent in the last three months. Not mentioned in the report was Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTCBB:FNMA). As previously reported in ValueWalk, Waterstone reduced their Fannie Mae…
Waterstone Likes RBS; Closes Fannie Mae Short?
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.