A practical guide to strategies of hedge fund investing. Hedge fund expert Alexander Ineichen outlines strategies that hedge fund managers use to achieve superior investment performance, particularly in bear markets, when traditional investment strategies do not perform so well, and shows readers how hedge funds might be added to traditional investment portfolios to achieve superior returns. Nontechnical yet sophisticated, Absolute Returns shows investors how to make educated decisions about hedge fund investment--thoroughly explaining the ri…

This work contains everything an individual investor needs to know about bonds. The average income investor doesn't want or need to get bogged down in technical discussions of interest rates and time. So "All About Bonds and Bond Mutual Funds" gives them what they want - a simple yet comprehensive treatment of bonds and bond funds. Along with updated bond information, this revised edition also includes new material on: Bond mutual funds, Tax-free municipal bonds, International bonds and bond funds.

Invoking the words and spirit of Thomas Paine, investor-turned-historian John Bogle concedes that ideas for revamping the mutual-fund industry are perhaps "not yet sufficiently fashionable to them general favor." But despite likening the "ills and injustices suffered by mutual fund investors" to those "our forebears suffered under English tyranny," Bogle--founder of the Vanguard Group-- makes a strong case for index funds with this exhaustive study of investing.

A comprehensive guide to the burgeoning hedge fund industry Intended as a comprehensive reference for investors and fund and portfolio managers, Handbook of Hedge Funds combines new material with updated information from Francois-Serge L'habitant's two other successful hedge fund books. This book features up-to-date regulatory and historical information, new case studies and trade examples, detailed analyses of investment strategies, discussions of hedge fund indices and databases, and tips on portfolio construction. Francois-Serge L'habita…

Hedge Fund Risk Fundamentals is the first book to bring these issues to the forefront. With clarity, concision, and minimal math, Richard Horwitz lays out the key components and the cutting-edge processes in the field of hedge fund risk management today. Against that backdrop he presents a groundbreaking utility destined to set the standard for transparency and risk management within the hedge fund universe.

In this book, the author provides investors with information to rate the hedge funds' risk infrastructures from 1 (worse) to 4 (best). It is an independent tool to assess if hedge funds' managers have been neglecting risk management, due dilligence and maintenance in hedge funds. In addition, the book contains specific information to reach out for best risk management practices.

Full coverage of how hedge funds work, from risks to rewards

Inside the House of Money lifts the veil on the typically opaque world of hedge funds offering a rare glimpse at how today's highest paid money managers approach their craft. Author Steve Drobny demystifies how these star traders make billions for their well-heeled investors, revealing their theories, strategies and approaches to markets. Whereas some still maintain that rationality permeates financial markets, Drobny captures a different dimension, showing how the unquantifiable human forces of emotion and intuition are also at play. Along the…

Sooner or later, we all need to plan for our financial futures. The rich can afford personal financial advisors to help them out but what about the rest of us? Offering you instant diversification and low--cost access to some of the best money managers in the business, mutual funds are the great equalizers. The problem is, with 10,000 mutual funds to choose from, even experienced investors can suffer from information overload. To make them work for you, you need expert advice from someone who knows mutual funds inside and out and who understand…

A humorous expos of hedge fund politics and strategies by the author of Wall Street Meat recounts his experiences running a hedge fund, an adventure during which his partner and he tackled the market and achieved gains close to four hundred percent. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.