May 2012
Beginner
272 pages
7h 8m
English
book
The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds
by Maneet Ahuja, Myron Scholes, Mohamed El-Erian
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Index
Ackman, William A. See also Pershing Square Capital Management
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac)
“Buying the Farm” (white paper)
First Union Real Estate
Gotham Partners
MBIA
Pershing Square Capital Management
Rockefeller Center deal
Adam, Michael
All Weather portfolio
Alpha
American Axle
Amroc Investments
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Apotheker, Leo
Appaloosa Management
investments
Delphi Corporation
Marconi Corporation
Russian bonds
Washington Mutual
Auto bailout
Avenue Capital Group
auto bailout
Morgan Stanley Investment Management, investment in
partnership
Six Flags, investment in
Axelowitz, Mark
Baldwin-United Corporation
Bank of America
Barnes & Noble
Bass, Robert
Berkowitz, Bruce
Berkowitz, David
Berkshire Hathaway
Beta
Black, Fischer
Bohart, Stuart
Bonderman, David
Borders
Bostock, Roy
Bradbury, Darcy
Bridgewater Associates
crisis indicator
D-process
extracting alpha
foreseeing the financial crisis
depression gauge
Pure Alpha strategy
Brown, Jay
Bucksbaum, Madelyn
Buffett, Warren
Canadian Pacific Railway
Chanos, James. See also Kynikos Associates LP
China’s coming crisis
Enron, investigation of
Tyco, investigation of
Chrysler
Citigroup
Clarke, Peter
Coalition of Private Investment Companies
Coffey, Greg
Corzine, Jon
Cox, Christopher
Cumming, Ian
D-process (Bridgewater)
Dade Behring
Dalio, Ray
All Weather portfolio
Bridgewater Associates
crisis indicator
foreseeing the financial crisis
gold, position in
Pure Alpha strategy
Daily Observations
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