Last week provided investors a bumper-crop of volatility, as the stock market continued is perciptious slide, down 83.34 points on the S&P 500 index. Bank of America Merrill Lynch looks back on the week and notes a significant economic top-ten list.

Last week provided investors a bumper-crop of volatility, as the stock market continued is perciptious slide, down 83.34 points on the S&P 500 index. Bank of America Merrill Lynch looks back on the week and notes a significant economic top-ten list.

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.