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Small Cap, Low PE Among Worst Performing Factors In 2017

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Mark Melin
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2017 has undoubtedly been a year of market oddities, one that ended with the bitcoin valuation hockey stick chart finally running up against resistance to end the year. But outside of assets that have little tangible value also stand several oddities in the stock market, among them volatility. Valuations bucking up against all-time highs comes at a time when an increase in market volatility could dramatically change that equation. Looking at SP 500 returns for 2017 with an eye to 2018, a Credit Suisse report points to factor outperformance amid P/E multiple contractions.

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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.