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As Gates Divests From UK Prisons, US Protesters Wonder

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Mark Melin
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As news the Gates Foundation recently divested from Britain’s G4S plc (LON:GFS) (OTCMKTS:GFSZF), the for profit owner of a truly growing business in prisons, US human rights activists wonder aloud concerning Gate’s US investments in the same type of prison management company. Is there a double standard, or were politics of who the G4S firm imprisoned more the issue?

As Gates Divests From UK Prisons, US Protesters Wonder

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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.