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Donald Trump Channels Both Tea Party And Occupy Wall Street

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Mark Melin
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Donald Trump says he is not in the GOP presidential nomination for his own glorification, as he speculates that without him “ratings would collapse.” Such is the dichotomy of a “populist” candidate on the Republican side of the isle who, in many respects, sounds on certain issues like the populist candidate on the Democratic side of the presidential sweepstakes, Bernie Sanders (I-VA). This can be seen most visibly in Trump’s anti-Wall Street hedge fund rhetoric, as a recent CNN report notes.

Donald Trump Channels Both Tea Party And Occupy Wall Street

Is Donald Trump mirroring sentiment from both the Tea...

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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.