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Amid Strong Q2 Gains, Carlson Capital Warns Of Danger In Bond Market

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Mark Melin
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After sporting middling 1.7% returns in the first quarter, admitted market cynics at Carlson Capital delivered notable 9.9% net second quarter returns to investors. The above mean performance came despite talk of “bubbles” and the “momentum phase” of the stock market kicking in. After investing on a drawdown in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, the $8.5 billion hedge fund thinks one beaten down investment category, the banks, could benefit.

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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.