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Puerto Rico Needs Bankruptcy Option, Says Detroit Judge

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Mark Melin
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The now retired judge who handled what is largely a recovery story in the Detroit bankruptcy says Puerto Rico needs this option to flourish, as he says “kicking the can down the road” is an option that is “no longer available.”

Puerto Rico Needs Bankruptcy Option, Says Detroit Judge

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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.