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With Stock Bull Running, Credit Suisse Recommends Five Hedge Fund Strategies

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Mark Melin
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Trend following CTA strategies could run into problems in the second half of 2017, according to hedge fund strategy analysis from Credit Suisse's prime brokerage unit. Of the 21 strategies monitored by the bank, only one had a moderately negative outlook while five garnered a solidly positive outlook. But with central banks around the developed world looking at balance sheet reduction and quantitative tapering, volatility could be lurking, which would benefit many strategies.

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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.