January 2013
Beginner
350 pages
10h 25m
English
book
Hedge Fund Investing: A Practical Approach to Understanding Investor Motivation, Manager Profits, and Fund Performance
by Kevin R. Mirabile
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References and Additional Reading
ABN AMRO. “Understanding Hedge Funds.” White paper, Spring 2010.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. www.federalreserve.gov/bankinforeg/reglisting.htm.
Brown, William. “Offshore Hedge Funds: Survival and Performance, 1989–1995.” The Journal of Business 72, no. 1 (1999): 91–117.
Fung, William. “Empirical Characteristics of Dynamic Trading Strategies: The Case of Hedge Funds.” Review of Financial Studies 10, no. 2 (1997): 275–302.
Huxley, L. Effective “Margin and Financing Management: The Ticket to Improving Hedge Fund Profitability.” White paper, Advent Software, 2012, http://img.en25.com/Web/AdventSoftwareInc/Effective_margin_and_financing_management.pdf
Santoli, Michael. “Stocks vs. Bonds.” Barron's, March 27, 2009, http://online.barrons.com/article/SB123819638720161459.html?page=sp.
Schneeweis, Thomas. Benefits of Hedge Fund Investing. Amherst, MA: Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets, 2003.
Schneeweis, Thomas. Alternative Investments and Institutional Portfolios. Amherst, MA: Center for International Securities and Derivatives Markets, 2003.
Schneeweis, Thomas. “Dealing with Myths of Hedge Funds.” The Journal of Alternative Investments (Winter 1998): 11–15.
Schneeweis, Thomas, and Joe Pescatore, eds. The Handbook of Alternative Investment Strategies: An Investor's Guide. ( New York: Institutional Investor, 1999).
Stats Spotting website report. May 2011, http://statspotting.com/2011/05/nyse-daily-volume-statistics-who-is-trading/ ...
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