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DoJ Goes After Hedge Fund Trader Icahn, Continues to Ignore Banks

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Mark Melin
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As an FBI and SEC investigation of Carl Icahn for insider trading is said to hit a snag, the move raises questions as to why hedge funds are being constantly targeted but not the large banks?

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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.