Mark H. Melin, Seeking Alpha

Mark H. Melin

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Chicago, IL, United States

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Past:
  • Seeking Alpha
  • ValueWalk
  • Business Insider

Past articles by Mark:

Professional Investors Are Spoiling Bitcoin's Party

I previously recommended selling bitcoin ahead of the introduction of derivatives, which holds today. Professional investors will change the complexion of the b → Read More

Sell Bitcoin Ahead Of Futures Launch Says Algorithmic Expert

Sunday's launch of Bitcoin futures is the first opportunity institutional investors will have to sell. It is unclear what will happen, but what is clear this is → Read More

Algorithms Are Sending This Important Message About Disney Stock

Key algorithmic sell signals were apparent in Disney stock before the company announced its separation from Netflix on August 8. Certain trend and momentum algo → Read More

How Systematic, Algorithmic Trading Impacts Stocks And How To Benefit From This Understanding

Systematic & algorithmic strategies are increasingly moving markets and individual stocks. Investors can benefit from recognizing how algorithms might be lookin → Read More

Ex-Perry CIO Who Bet Against Subprime Loads Up On Volatile Investments

Smith Cove Capital Often times highly volatile investments have low market beta, which Russekoff currently tracks to near 11% → Read More

Baupost Letter Q2 2017 Warns Investors Of Growing Risk Of Crash

Baupost Letter He notes that the core mathematical formula behind many of the algorithmically-based risk parity and volatility targeting → Read More

US Pension Funds Face Catstrophe With Even A Minor Market Dip

US pension funds are likely to increase and if combined with just a 5% market decline could lead to severe shortfalls, Moody's says → Read More

Ethereum Prices soar As Bitcoin And BlockChain Go Mainstream

As Bitcoin and Ethereum prices soar, a correlation with the acceptance of the underlying cryptocurrency technology Blockchain exists → Read More

Odey Says All Assets Are Pricey As China Is Close To A Breaking Point

Bearish hedge fund manager Crispen Odey looks at China and waits for the bubble to burst while predicting Fed rate hikes. → Read More

Paul Singer Warns Of A World At Risk

Please login to view the rest of this article - Not subscribed? Get our adfree exclusive content for only a few dollars a month. It also helps us fund our operations so think of it as supporting quality journalism. → Read More

Retail apocalypse has Macys in its sights as more than Amazon threatens

The retail apocalypse is advancing, as a Cowen survey notes it's not just Amazon that is eating Macys' lunch, but also off-priced retailers → Read More

Trump Impeachment Unlikely But Stimulus Plan In The Air

A Trump impeachment is unlikely, Nomura says in a report out Wednesday morning, it is the Trump agenda that is in peril. → Read More

US Prosecutors Turn Up Heat On Complex Financial Fraud

Complex Financial Fraud US prosecutors are increasingly targeting complex financial crime cases that were before the 2008 financial crisis → Read More

Raging Capital Management Shorts Valeant Debt, TrueCar

Valeant short exposure is a rare winner in the Raging Capital Management short book, they subtracted 7% from performance, a letter to → Read More

Minsky Moment With Home Capital Group? DB Says No

Home Capital Group In Canada, where unregulated loans are a legal option, mortgage fraud is casting a concern over default Minsky moment. → Read More

50 Cent Hedge Fund Manager Unmasked; Not Only Using Vix To Hedge

The investment managers known as 50 Cent, unmasked as Ruffer, uses more than VIX options to hedge, a source told ValueWalk. → Read More

Pierre Andurand Blames CTAs For BlueGold Global Fund Worst Drawdown Ever

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Margate Capital Likes Madison Square Garden And Cadence Design Systems

Margate Capital CIO Samantha Greenberg outlines why she likes investments in Madison Square Garden and Cadence Design Systems → Read More

Dmitry Balyasny Wants To Be The Jeff Bezos Of Hedge Funds

Dmitry Balyasny Balyasny looks to Jeff Bezos Amazon for the hedge fund future, but will institutional investors give hedge funds the same → Read More

Le pen victory Could Be Five times Worse Than Greece Issue: UBS

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