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Bill Gross Immortalized At Smithsonian, But Do They "Get It?"

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Mark Melin
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The old, antiquated Bloomberg keyboard used by bond legend Bill Gross during his formative period at PIMCO will be on display at the Smithsonian starting July 1, a Bloomberg report observes. What likely won’t be on display – but should be a key feature of his legacy – is a significant derivatives ladder strategy that made his performance look like he was Mozart at a keyboard.

Bill Gross Immortalized At Smithsonian, But Do They "Get It?"

Bill Gross going through adjustment period

The 71 year-old Bill Gross, who operated a bond strategy during what is credited as the longest persistent bull market in bonds in history at...

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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.