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BAML Survey Addresses "Trojan Lehman"

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Mark Melin
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As professional fund managers are holding the highest level of cash since the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey points to a “Trojan Lehman,” indicating the high cash levels could be a contrarian buy signal and the current economic situation is “a complete contrast to 2008.”

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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.