Kerrisdale Capital, with $283 million under management, generated 3.37% performance in February after experiencing its largest loss in history in January, -5.94%. Kerrisdale Capital’s strong numbers The long / short fund has a three year annualized return of 50.61%, versus 14.32% for the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX), and a 860.51% cumulative return since inception, versus 123.31% for the S&P 500. Kerrisdale Capital and Herbalife The fund found itself involved in the Carl Icahn / Bill Ackman Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) dispute in March, as it confirmed its investment and said it would hold its 230,000 share position, a 4.9% weighting in the…
Kerrisdale Capital Delivers In February, Sticks With Herbalife Ltd.
Mark Melin
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.
