The pace of the bond market selloff has been strong enough to give yield curve traders whiplash. Coming into July government bonds were on track for their largest gains since 1986, Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Chief Investment Strategist Tom Hartnett noted in a December 1 report. The move in interest rates is skewing his investment recommendations, but investors should also consider risk triggers that might emerge.
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.
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