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Amici Down Slightly In October After Rough Summer

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Mark Melin
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It’s been generally a rough summer for Amici Capital. After losing its founder A. Alex Porter in April, the fund initially gained ground but then went through difficult market environments during July, September and now October. Approximate net performance from July to October is down over -5 percent, while the fund reports being down -3.11 percent on the year.

Amici Capital's investment strategy

The hedge fund and its one time leader Porter were known for the ability to generate intriguing relative value investments: buying one stock and selling another stock.  Such strategies are designed to fair better during market declines than a long only strategy, but sometimes lag overall market performance during rising market environments.

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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.