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Title: Investing in Hedge Funds by Joseph G. Nicholas ISBN: 1-57660-060-2 Publisher: Bloomberg Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Only for the most basic hdege fund newbie
Comment: This book had a lot of promising reviews, but what a deception! The typography is very bad, some pages are writen so big that 2 pages could be condensed into 1. The overall layout looks like it was taken from a glorified powerpoint presentation...
The book reviews different strategies hedge funds can employ in one chapter. Thereafter one complete chapter is devoted to each strategy. However, you don't learn much more by reading the detailed chapter. If you have even a basic understanding of different hedge fund techniques such as market-neutral, merger arbitrage or global macro, then you will probably not learn anything new from this book.
The more interesting part of the book is the last part where the author tries to forecast where the industry is going. However, this is full of known truths such as "hedge funds will continue to exist and take on more importance"... duh! Maybe the book is simply too old and should be revised?
Don't waste your time and money on this one.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Good Read!
Comment: While this book is meant to serve as an introduction to the complex world of hedge funds, hedge fund managers and hedge fund investors (in short, the hedge fund dynamic), it is decidedly not of the For Dummies family that currently dominates the do-it-yourself investment section of the book store. This is a highly sophisticated look at what has become one of the most exciting sectors of the investment world. If you have some knowledge of finance and its terminology, and you want to know what a hedge fund is, what kinds of strategies most hedge fund managers use and whether or not you'd want to or be able to invest in hedge funds, we ... recommend this highly specific book to you. On the other hand, if you just want to gain some insights into the investment world, you'd be better off picking up the financial section of the newspaper. Hedge funds are serious and so is Joseph G. Nicholas' book. (... note: Despite the 1999 copyright date, the book makes no reference to Long-Term Capital Management, the hedge fund that collapsed in 1998, nearly bringing about a global financial crisis.)
Rating: 5
Summary: UNDERSTAND THE HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES MANAGERS USE
Comment: Nicholas examines all the hedge fund strategies in detail and provides the investor with examples of all the strategies used by managers. Excellent for understanding the mechanics of each strategy. As a doctoral student in business administration doing a thesis on hedge funds, I highly recommend this book for all investors
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Title: All About Hedge Funds : The Easy Way to Get Started by Robert A. Jaeger ISBN: 0071393935 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Hedge Fund of Funds Investing: An Investor's Guide by Joseph G. Nicholas ISBN: 1576601242 Publisher: Bloomberg Press Pub. Date: 07 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Market-Neutral Investing : Long/Short Hedge Fund Strategies by Joseph G. Nicholas ISBN: 1576600378 Publisher: Bloomberg Press Pub. Date: 14 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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Title: Absolute Returns: The Risk and Opportunities of Hedge Fund Investing by Alexander M. Ineichen, Alexander Ineichen ISBN: 0471251208 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 18 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $69.95 |
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Title: How to Create and Manage a Hedge Fund: A Professional's Guide by Stuart A. McCrary ISBN: 047122488X Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 15 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
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