套利基金入门指南/GETTING STARTED IN HEDGE FUNDS, SECOND EDITION

Getting Started in Hedge Funds, Second Edition removes the veil of secrecy surrounding hedge funds and provides investors with a complete and highly accessible introduction to the world of hedge funds. Filled with comprehensive updates and additions, Getting Started in Hedge Funds, Second Edition offers readers the latest information about this continuously growing area of finance. It outlines how hedge funds operate, guidelines for choosing a hedge fund, strategies for fund managers, new investors can get in on the action, and much more. Unlike the technology bubble of the late twentieth century, which lasted a mere three years, hedge funds are here to stay and Getting Started in Hedge Funds, Second Edition has everything readers need to know to benefit from this lucrative investment vehicle.

Daniel A. Strachman is Managing Director of the Answers & Company Group, LLC, a financial services firm. He is also the Editor of The Strachman Report, a bimonthly newsletter about long-term investment strategies. Mr. Strachman has contributed to publications such as the New York Post and the Financial Times, and is the author of the first edition of Getting Started in Hedge Funds, Essential Stock Picking Strategies, and Julian Robertson: A Tiger in the Land of Bulls and Bears, all published by Wiley.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Why Hedge Funds?
Chapter 1: Hedge Fund Basics
　The Near Collapse of Long-Term Capital Management
　A Brief History of Hedge Funds
　The Current State of the Hedge Fund Industry
　Alfred Winslow Jones—The Original Hedge Fund Manager
Chapter 2: How Hedge Funds Operate
　Starting a Hedge Fund
　Hedge Fund Regulations and Structures
　How Hedge Funds Use Leverage
　Patriarchs of the Hedge Fund World
　Hedge Funds Take All the Heat
　George Soros—The World’s Greatest Investor
Chapter 3: The Managers
　Judy Finger and Doug Topkis—Haystack Capital LP
　David Taylor and Mike Williams—Cover Asset Management LLC
　Paul Reiferson and Jeff Lopatin—Americus Partners LP
　Guy Wyser-Pratte—Wyser-Pratte
　Bill Michaelcheck—Mariner Investment Group
　Nancy Havens-Hasty—Havens Advisors LLC
　Steve Cohen—SAC Capital
Chapter 4: Hedge Fund Investing
　An Investment Adviser
　An Institutional Investor
　Third-Party Marketers
　An Individual Investor
　A Consulting Firm
　A Manager of Managers
Conclusion
Appendix
Hedge Fund Strategies
Glossary
Notes
Index