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Melissinos Trading is a U.S.-based investment firm founded in 2011 by Michael Melissinos. We incorporate a deeply researched, quantitative and mechanical trend-following approach in an effort to provide attractive long-term returns. We trade exclusively in commodity and financial markets on regulated global exchanges. More.
A Greeting from Our Founder
I believe the financial markets, and our society in general, rest on the cusp of great change. Something feels different these days. I don’t believe we’re going through a regular up and down of a political or economic cycle. Something bigger is shifting beneath the surface.
From the GFC through Covid, financial markets remained mostly calm. Traditional assets appreciated while inflation remained low. A win-win for investors. Since Covid, however, inflation has surged while market volatility has increased. For now, most investors remain content as equities make new highs and fixed income actually produces a yield.
But, overall market risk is heating up in my view. Equity valuations are near all-time highs, inflation has not subsided much and the political area, well, that speaks for itself. Gold, and precious metals, are surging vs. most asset classes. Global debt is increasing and interest rates are rising. PE firms are packaging underwater investments into new funds. The labor force rate is declining. These aren’t small trends, but some of the symptoms of a sick patient.
I started Melissinos Trading to protect and profit from GFC-like events. I witnessed up close the carnage that need not have happened to many of my Bear Stearns employees in 2008. They needed help. My friends, family and many others too. I simply wanted to build a better investment approach — one that could both protect and profit from the extreme and unpredictable by identifying and aligning with trends.
For the past 10-15 years, this approach, my approach — the trend-following approach — has underperformed. There have been pockets of strong trends sandwiched by long periods of calmness. But I believe it’s only a matter of time before the unraveling occurs and we get major price-adjustments in many asset classes.
So if you’ve made it this far down the page, I invite you to take a look around to learn more about our investing philosophy. Check out the resource library, my essays or simply reach out.
Thank you.
Michael Melissinos
Founder
michael@melissinostrading.com
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