Inside the House of Money: Top Hedge Fund Traders on Profiting in the Global Markets, Revised and Updated

Acknowledgments

A few years ago, I promised myself that the next time I began to utter the phrase, “They should have. . . ,” I would pause and consider doing the project myself if it was compelling enough. When “They should have a book about global macro hedge funds,” crossed my mind, I scribbled some notes and started the process that became this book.

As this book grew from idea to initial interviews to a much broader undertaking than first anticipated, there was a surprisingly large number of individuals who offered assistance, guidance, or merely critical advice. While this list is by no means exhaustive, I hope that it goes some way in expressing the immeasurable gratitude I have to all those who in some way contributed to this project.

I would first like to thank all of the managers interviewed for spending precious time downloading their thoughts and perspectives into my recording device. Most of these participants have nothing to gain from this project, their funds having been closed to new investors for some time. With mainstream media attention often focusing on misleading aspects of the hedge fund business, the managers themselves agreed with me that it was time to set the record straight. These are their words, their edits, their book, and I feel privileged to have been able to facilitate such an undertaking.

The managers featured in this book do not comprise an exhaustive list of the top global macro fund managers today but rather are a collection of successful managers ...