Hedge funds are one of the fastest growing sectors in the investment. This is the definitive guide for investors seeking the inside track on high performance. It demystifies these funds and their managers. It explains the strategies and techniques that they deploy and shows investors how they can take advantage of these high performance investment vehicles. The book examines the history, structure, operation and impact of hedge funds and offers insights into the strategies of key players such as George Soros, with detailed case studies.
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Hedge funds are one of the fastest growing sectors in the investment world, and yet a shroud of secrecy still surrounds their operation. To many outsiders it appears that a network of immensly powerful hedge fund managers manipulate the world's markets at will, achieving spectacular returns for themselves at somebody else's expense.
The truth behind this image is that hedge funds are managed by the most skilful and talented investment managers around today. They practice analytic and thorough investment techniques which deliver returns about which investors want to know more.
Investing with the Hedge Fund Giants will demystify these funds and their managers; explain the strategies and techniques that they deploy, and show investors how they can take advantage of these high-performance investment vehicles.
Also included are interviews with four top hedge fund managers, responsible for the investment management of billions of dollars. THese profiles will give you a unique insight into how the ideas discussed in the book actually work in practice.
Gives you the inside track on high performance.
Written by the European Editor of the premeir US hedge fund newsletter, this book: takes you inside the secretive world of hedge funds, and examines their history, structure and operation and impact on the markets offers unique insights into the strategies of key hedge fund players with detailed case studies shows how to invest in hedge funds and "funds of funds", outlining the risks and rewards examines the future of hedge funds, and the scope for further investment opportunities.
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