Visual Guide to Hedge Funds: 586 (Bloomberg Financial) - Softcover

Wilson, Richard C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118278372 ISBN 13: 9781118278376

Verlag: Bloomberg Press, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Rare Book

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor:

Vivid graphics make hedge funds, how they work and how to invest in them, accessible for investors and finance professionals Despite the recent wave of scandals related to the hedge fund industry, interest in hedge funds as a relatively safe alternative investment remains high. Yet details about how the industry operates and the strategies employed by different types of hedge funds is hard to come by. With increasing calls from lawmakers and the media for industry reform, it is incumbent upon finance professionals and high-net-worth individuals to take a good look before leaping into hedge funds. That's where the Bloomberg Visual Guide to Hedge Funds comes in. It provides a graphically rich, comprehensive overview of the industry and its practitioners, zeroing in on how different types of hedge funds work. * Based on extensive interviews with hedge fund managers, analysts and other industry experts, the book provides a detailed look at the industry and how it works * Outlines investment strategies employed by both long and short hedge funds, as well as global macro strategies * Arms you with need-to-know tips, tools and techniques for success with all hedge fund investment strategies * Provides a highly visual presentation with an emphasis on graphics and professional applications * Real-life examples take you inside how hedge funds illustrating how they operate, who manages them and who invests in them

Contraportada:

Everything you ever wanted to know about hedge funds?and a lot you never thought to ask

What's the difference between an emerging hedge fund and a shooting-star hedge fund?

What are the chief differences between a statistical mean reversion pair trading hedge fund strategy and a discretionary pair trading strategy?

Not sure? Well, you're not alone! Despite hedge funds' huge and growing popularity as a relatively safe alternative investment, details about how the industry operates and the strategies different types of hedge funds use continue to be hard to come by.

Enter Visual Guide to Hedge Funds. With dozens of brilliant graphics and real world examples, it provides you with a comprehensive (and comprehensible) overview of the hedge fund industry and its practitioners, along with detailed explanations of how different types of hedge funds work.

Written by top hedge fund consultant and educator Richard C. Wilson, and based on extensive interviews with hedge fund managers, analysts, and other industry experts, it:

• Takes you inside the hedge fund industry and shows you how it works
• Details the investment strategies used by all major types of hedge funds
• Uses fascinating real-world examples to describe how funds operate, who manages them, and who invests in them
• Arms you with expert tips, tools, and techniques for profiting from all hedge fund strategies
• Uses vivid graphics to breathe life into the concepts, processes, and practices described
• This book will be required reading for the Certified Hedge Fund Professional certificate program which over 1,400 professionals have joined globally.

The Bloomberg Financial Series Visual Guides cover today's most relevant finance and trading topics in a comprehensive, yet easy-to-follow style. The content is presented in the most visual of manners thus bringing to life key concepts for finance professionals and truly lives up to the series name by examining concepts in a highly visual way?all charts are in color and presented in a large format for ease of use. Other strong visual attributes include consistent elements that function as additional learning aids for the reader, such as: Key Points, Definitions, Step-by-Step, Do It Yourself, and Bloomberg Financial Series Visual Guide functionality.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Bloomberg Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118278372
• ISBN 13: 9781118278376
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224