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.
Adam Wyden's ADW Capital produced an outstanding return of 59.2% in 2017, outperforming the S&P 500 and Russell 2000 by 37.4% and 44.6% respectively. Unfortunately, the fund could not... Read More
Warren Buffett likes to own businesses that can run themselves. To put it another way, he wants to own companies that have such substantial competitive advantages. It does not... Read More
The disruption of the physical retail market by online retailers has been one of the main stories on Wall Street since the beginning of the dot-com boom nearly two... Read More
Who would win a fight between Batman and Superman? This type of hypothetical question is one that many a childhood hours were spent debating. Now Stan Lee, the creator... Read More
The battle for Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) is heating up with DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ:DISH) making a much improved bid for the company, topping the offer Sprint (NYSE:S) had made last week.... Read More
The year 2015 could see rising interest rates in a post-QE environment that will be overpowered by an expanding domestic economy, low absolute interest rates, strong corporate activity greet... Read More
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its earnings report for the three months through September this afternoon after the market closed. The company showed earnings of 62 cents per share for... Read More
ValueWalk reported in November on the closure of Newbridge Credit Union, the Irish institution wound up on the orders of the Central Bank over bad debt concerns. The NCU’s... Read More
In the 46-page Omega Advisors October 17 letter to investors is an issue that hits a raw nerve among many alternative asset managers. How is it that hedge fund... Read More
The innovation of undetectable radar could change warfare to a degree. On the battlefield, traditional radar systems are used to detect incoming aircraft. The problem is, with radar, the radio... Read More