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Balyasny Asset Management Trading Bonds Before Jobs Report

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Mark Melin
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Buying bonds ahead of U.S. payrolls is a trade that Balyasny Asset Management has been feasting on, according to a mid-December fund strategy document reviewed by ValueWalk.

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Balyasny notes Federal Reserve under pressure

Colin Lancaster, the fund’s senior managing director, said the strong recent jobs report and higher retail sales may give the U.S. Federal reserve more pressure at today’s policy meeting. Previously the Fed has had the “luxury” of talking a strong game regarding policy reaction, but the economic numbers didn’t force them into action. This could be changing.

ValueWalk sources have indicated that today’s U.S. Federal Reserve meeting is expected to be rather benign, unlike last year...

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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.