The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You'll Ever Need: The Good, the Flawed, the Bad, and the Ugly

Acknowledgments

No book is ever the work of one person, or, as in this case, two people. This book is no exception. We would like to thank the principals at Buckingham Asset Management and BAM Advisor Services for their support and encouragement: Susan Shackelford-Davis, Paul Forman, Steve Funk, Bob Gellman, Ed Goldberg, Joe Hempen, Ken Katzif, Mont Levy, Steve Lourie, Vladimir Masek, Bert Schweizer III, and Stuart Zimmerman.

We also thank Steve Nothum for his help with the data. Laura Latragna and David Ressner both made major editorial contributions. We also thank RC Balaban for his tireless efforts at fact checking. Any errors are certainly our own.

We also thank Sam Fleischman, our agent, for all of his efforts.

We would be remiss if we did not thank Stephen Isaacs, editorial director of Bloomberg Press, for his faith in the book and for his ongoing support. We also thank our development editors, Janet Coleman and, especially, Erica Levy Klein, for their assistance. They both made invaluable contributions.

Larry adds the following: I would like to especially thank the love of my life, my wife, Mona, for her tremendous support and understanding for the lost weekends and many nights that I sat at the computer well into the early morning hours. She has always provided whatever support was needed, and then some. Walking through life with her has truly been a gracious experience.

Jared adds the following: Like Larry, I would first like to thank my wife Lezlie for her support during our ...