The little book of hedge funds what you need to know about hedge funds but the managers won't tell you
"The Little Book of Hedge Funds that's big on explanations even the casual investor can useAn accessible overview of hedge funds, from their historical origin, to their perceived effect on the global economy, to why individual investors should understand how they work, The Little Book of H...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Little book big profits.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628860406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Little Book of Hedge Funds: What You Need to Know About Hedge Funds but the Managers Won't Tell You; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: Anatomy of a Hedge Fund: The Password Is . . .; Seeing the Forest from the Trees; Lifting the Veil; Chapter One: What Is a Hedge Fund?: The Traditional Long-Only Portfolio versus the Alternative Hedge Fund Portfolio; Comparing Apples to Oranges; Regulation . . . or Lack Thereof; Size: The Achilles' Heel; Manager Fee: The Infamous Two-and-Twenty; Investment Strategies: The Long and the Short of It; Short Selling; Leverage; Derivatives
- Liquidity: Swimming in Pools of MoneySo, Do They Actually Hedge?; The Proof Is in the Pudding; Chapter Two: The Parlor Cars of the Gravy Train: The Long and the Short of It; Inside the Olive Pit; The Secret Is in the Sauce; Performance Fee; Avoid Regulation; Short Selling + Leverage; And the Beat Moves On . . .; The Revenge of the Nerds; And Now for the Not-Quite-as-Successful; Emerging from the Ashes; Where Are We Now?; Chapter Three: Accessing the Inaccessible: From the Elite to Main Street; It's All in the Name; The Institutional Invasion; A Reluctant Buyer; A Piece of the Pie
- Take Out Your Measuring StickWhat It Boils Down To . . .; Chapter Four: Heads We Win; Tails You Lose: Eating Your Own Cooking while Enduring Symmetrical Glories and Punishments; Keeping Up with the Joneses; A Bit of Protection; The Ends Justify the Means; Even Cowboys Have the Blues; Chapter Five: The Alpha Game: In Search of El Dorado; The Alpha-Beta Song; Another Theory, Another Definition; Driving with One Foot on the Brake; Putting Theory into Practice; A Word of Caution; Sometimes Diversification Just Ain't Enough; The Bottom Line
- Chapter Six: Ironing Out Inefficiencies: Exploiting the Efficient Market TheoryA Kid in a Candy Store; Times, They Are a Changing; Living on the Edge; Putting Theory into Practice; The Efficiency of Inefficiency; The Fact of the Matter . . .; Chapter Seven: A Balancing Act: Outperforming the Market while Taking Less Risk; Long/Short Equity-Borrowing from Peter to Pay Paul; What Is Short Selling?; Putting It All Together; What Comes Up, Sometimes Comes Down; Relative Value-Two of a Kind . . . but Different; Arbitrage; Convertible Arbitrage; Equity Market Neutral
- Event Driven-One Man's Loss Is Another Man's GainDirectional; Global Macro Funds; Chapter Eight: If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em: Hedge Fund Manager Selection and Due Diligence; Stop Right There!; Manager Selection; The Screening Process; The Never-Ending Process; Filling in the Data; Portfolio Construction; Stay Alert . . . It's Your Money; Chapter Nine: The Men Behind the Curtains: Fund of Hedge Funds; A Quick History Lesson; More than Just a Middleman; The Specifics; Your Dream Team; The Pluses . . .; Access; Diversification = Mitigated Risk; Professional and Timely Monitoring
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