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Cheyne Notes Credit Market Pricing In Default At Unusual Rate

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Mark Melin
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The markets are entering the fourth quarter in a “febrile state,” notes an investment letter from Cheyne Capital reviewed by ValueWalk, showing range with his medical thesaurus.

What the credit hedge fund was saying is that the October drop in stock prices and subsequent increase in volatility caused the beating hearts of all investors to quicken, as their temperature increased with their fear.

Cheyne Capital provides insights to M&A activity

Putting aside the October hysteria, which might have been tamed by the U.S. Federal Reserve stock market plunge protection committee, the Cheyne letter provided insight into mergers and acquisitions activity that “constitutes a material challenge.”  The letter notes a change in recent transactions to involve much more cash, which...

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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.