James Melcher

James Laurence Melcher (5 ga Nuwamba, 1939 - 17 ga Afrilu, 2023) wani manajan asusun shinge ne na Amurka kuma mai wasan shinge na Olympics. Ya fafata a wasannin motsa jiki na mutum ɗaya da na ƙungiya a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1972 a Munich, Jamus.  name="sports-reference">

 Farko da rayuwar mutum 
Melcher ya girma a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, kuma Bayahude ne.   Ya halarci Jami'ar Columbia, inda ya kammala karatunsa da digirin BA a Turanci a shekarar 1961. 

 Aikin shinge 
Melcher ya fara koyon shinge a lokacin shekararsa ta farko a ƙungiyar wasan tsere ta Columbia Lions . A lokacin kwaleji, ya shiga rundunar sojojin Amurka, kuma yana aiki na tsawon watanni shida.  Ya kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1961, daga baya ya ci gaba da zama a New York don yin aiki a Wall Street . Duk da haka, ya ci gaba da yin shinge a Fencers Club a lokacin hutunsa, kuma ya ɗauki darussa na shekaru da yawa daga Hall of Fame Michel Alaux . Bayan shekaru biyu, ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar Pan American Games a shekarar 1963. name="autogenerated1">"Melcher, Jamie,"  US Fencing Hall of Fame.

A lokacin da yake da shekaru 30, Melcher "ya yi fice a matsayin babban mai tsaron raga," lokacin da ya kayar da ɗan wasa na duniya na No. 1 shinge a cikin 1970 Kalubalen Martini Épée. 

A wasannin Pan American Games na 1971, Melcher ya lashe lambar zinare a gasar epée ta ƙungiyar da kuma lambar tagulla a gasar epée ta mutum ɗaya.   Melcher ya lashe gasar zakarun ƙasa ta Amurka sau biyu, inda ya lashe gasar Epée ta maza a shekarun 1971 da 1972.

Melcher ya fafata wa Amurka a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1972 a Munich .  Melcher ya kasance madadin farko na gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1968 da kuma gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1976, kuma madadin na biyu na gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1980. 

Aikinsa na wasan tsere ya ƙare a shekarar 1974 lokacin da ya kamu da ciwon gajiya mai tsanani, wanda tun daga lokacin ya warke. Melcher ya zama Shugaban Ƙungiyar Fencers a ƙarshen shekarun 1970 kuma ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru goma, kuma ya sake zama Shugaba a shekarar 2006. Melcher memba ne na Ƙungiyar Fina-Finan Amurka.

 Aikin kuɗi; Balestra Capital Management 
Melcher ya jaddada cewa don saka hannun jari da kuma shinge, mutum yana buƙatar "babban matakin kame kai, musamman iko kan halayen motsin rai". 

Melcher ya fara aikinsa na Wall Street a Sashen Tallace-tallace na AG Becker .  Bayan shekaru shida, Melcher ya kafa Asusun Farko na Venture, wani asusun jarin kasuwanci wanda ya kula da shi tsawon shekaru goma.

Melcher ya kafa Balestra Capital Management, wani manajan asusun ajiya na duniya, a shekarar 1979, kuma ya zama mai ba da shawara kan saka hannun jari mai rijista a SEC a shekarar 1987. "Drawing Swords", Jewish Post, October 30, 1985.  Melcher ya sanya wa kamfanin suna bayan ' balestra', wani yunkuri na shinge da ya shafi tsalle gaba ba zato ba tsammani, amma wanda kuma wani lokacin "yana haifar da koma baya ga dabarun." 

Melcher ta fara Balestra Capital Partners a shekarar 1991.  Ya zuwa shekarar 2004, tana da ribar shekara-shekara ta kashi 22.84% a shekara, idan aka kwatanta da ribar shekara-shekara ta S&amp;P 500 ta kashi 13.14%.

Melcher ya fara Balestra Spectrum a shekarar 1999.  Ya zuwa shekarar 2004, yana da ribar shekara-shekara ta kashi 10.59% a shekara, idan aka kwatanta da ribar shekara-shekara ta S&amp;P 500 ta kashi -1.16%.

Mujallar Absolute Return Magazine ta ba Balestra suna a matsayin Asusun Hedge na Duniya na Macro a shekarar 2008. Asusun ya yi fare a kan takardun jinginar gida da aka tallafa wa jinginar gida ta hanyar amfani da musayar bashi .  A shekarar 2007, ribar Balestra Capital ta kai kashi 199.14% name="autogenerated2" A shekarar 2008, lokacin da S&amp;P 500 ta fadi da kashi 38.49%, Balestra ta bai wa masu zuba jari riba da kashi 45.75%.  A shekarar 2009, tana da kadarori sama da dala biliyan 1 a karkashin kulawarta . name="autogenerated2" 

 Mutuwa 
Melcher ta mutu a Manhattan, New York, a ranar 17 ga Afrilu, 2023, tana da shekaru 83. "Drawing Swords", Jewish Post, October 30, 1985.

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