Hedge Hunters
Hedge Fund Masters on the Rewards, the Risk, and the Reckoning
Published on 9. June 2010
206 pages
978-0-470-88518-5 (ISBN)
Description
One of Amazon.com's Best Books of 2007
Top 10 Editor's Picks: Finance and Investing
The hedge fund industry's top managers have a penchant for highreturns and low profiles. The combination makes them a regularfocus of the media, eager to know what makes them tick. Now, thanksto Katherine Burton, who's been covering these noteworthy tradersfor Bloomberg News for more than a decade, we know considerablymore about them. With candor and detail, the industry's mostsuccessful hedge fund managers describe the events that shapedtheir personal journeys, the strategies they use to produce returnseven in uncooperative markets, and the attributes that make a smartinvestor. Hedge Hunters offers a rare look at the industry'stop performers and an introduction to some of the most talented newmanagers, handpicked by the masters themselves.
Reviews / Votes
"Well-written. . . . Burton breaks new ground by profiling thirteenup-and-coming managers selected by ten acknowledged 'leaders andlegends.'" (Publishers Weekly) "A fine introduction to hedge funds for both the interestedreader and those contemplating a career in this area ofinvestment." (Library Journal) "A readable, relevant book, with lessons a new generation ofhedge-fund managers... would do well to take to heart."(Barron's, December 3, 2007)More details
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Person
Katherine Burton has been a reporter at Bloomberg News since 1993, covering hedge funds and investment management. Before joining Bloomberg, she wrote for the International Herald Tribune and U.S. News & World Report. She has an MBA from New York University and is a winner of the 2001 Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award for breaking news, and the 2005 New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Award for Excellence in Journalism for business writing.
Content
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Chapter 1 Introduction (Mark Yusko).
What It Takes to Be the Best.
Chapter 2 Masters (Michael Steinhardt).
A Passion for Performance.
Chapter 3 Steinhardt's Pick (John Armitage).
Reasoned and Unrattled.
Chapter 4 Masters (Marc Lasry).
An Intolerance for Losing.
Chapter 5 Lasry's Pick (Craig Effron).
A Grip on Risk.
Chapter 6 Masters (Lee Ainslie).
A Stock Picker, Pure and Hardly Simple.
Chapter 7 Ainslie's Pick (Bernay Box).
The Big Time in Small Caps.
Chapter 8 Masters (Boone Pickens).
The Imperturbable Oilman.
Chapter 9 Pickens's Picks (Brian Bradshaw, DavidMeaney, Michael Ross, and Alex Szewczyk).
A Place at the Table.
Chapter 10 Masters (Josh Friedman and MitchJulis).
Doyens of Debt.
Chapter 11 Friedman's and Julis's Picks (JeffreySchachter and Burton Weinstein).
Leaving Little to Chance.
Chapter 12 Masters (Dwight Anderson).
The Phoenix Phenomenon.
Chapter 13 Anderson's Pick (Roberto Mignone).
Fruits of Firsthand Knowledge.
Chapter 14 Anderson's Pick (Bruce Ritter).
Mastering a Changing Market.
Chapter 15 Masters (Julian Robertson).
Encores.
Chapter 16 Masters (Jim Chanos).
Out on the Short-Selling Limb.
Chapter 17 Masters (Richard Perry).
A Manager's Manager.
Chapter 18 Masters (Daniel Loeb).
Newfound Restraint.
Index.
