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Riskowitz Confident In Positions, Concentration After Muted 2016

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Mark Melin
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Looking from his New York City headquarters, Sean Riskowitz has an eye on South African investments and he is disappointed. After posting big annual returns – 68.1%, 34.3% 50.5% and 23% from 2011 to 2014 – he is disappointed the market did not recognize the value in his holdings in 2016. With just 0.8% 2016 performance after the Johannesburg All Share Index surged ahead by 12.7%, the manager of  Riskowitz Capital sees brighter days ahead, he said in a letter to investors reviewed by ValueWalk.

2016 Hedge Fund Letters

Riskowitz Capital
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Riskowitz Capital has over 80% of the portfolio exposed to five names

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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.