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Absolute Returns Alexander M. Ineichen

Absolute Returns By Alexander M. Ineichen

Absolute Returns by Alexander M. Ineichen

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Summary

This book is a practical guide to the risks and rewards of hedge fund investing. Absolute Returns demystifies what hedge funds are, how they invest to outperform the market, and what the concurrent risks of investing in them are. This book will allow investors of all types to make more educated decisions about their hedge fund investments.

Absolute Returns Summary

Absolute Returns: The Risk and Opportunities of Hedge Fund Investing by Alexander M. Ineichen

A practical guide to strategies of hedge fund investing. Hedge fund expert Alexander Ineichen outlines strategies that hedge fund managers use to achieve superior investment performance, particularly in bear markets, when traditional investment strategies do not perform so well, and shows readers how hedge funds might be added to traditional investment portfolios to achieve superior returns. Nontechnical yet sophisticated, Absolute Returns shows investors how to make educated decisions about hedge fund investment--thoroughly explaining the risks as well as the rewards.

Absolute Returns Reviews

"...offers a solid, comprehensive guide to speculators, explaining the risks as well as the rewards. This book is a valuable addition to every investor's library." (Financial World, July 2004) "It should be required reading for any investor who wants to understand the absolute returns alternative to conventional wealth management." (Hedgeworld.com) "...required reading for any investor who wants to understand the absolute returns alternative to conventional wealth management..." (HedgeWorld's Inside Edge, 31 March 2003)

About Alexander M. Ineichen

ALEXANDER M. INEICHEN, CFA, is Managing Director and Head of Equity Derivatives Research at UBS Warburg in London. In October 2000, Ineichen authored In Search of Alpha: Investing in Hedge Funds, which has become the most often printed research publication in the documented history of UBS Warburg. He has also published several papers in peer-refereed financial journals, contributed numerous articles and chapters to financial newspapers, magazines, and books, and regularly speaks about hedge funds and risk at industry conferences.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments. Preface. PART ONE: The Hedge Fund Industry. CHAPTER 1 Introducing Absolute Returns. Appendix: Risk Illusion. CHAPTER 2 Myths and Misconceptions. Appendix: Press Coverage of Hedge Funds. CHAPTER 3 Difference between Long-Only and Absolute Return Funds. Appendix: Guatemalan Dentist. CHAPTER 4 Advantages and Disadvantages of Investing in Hedge Funds. Appendix: On Market Efficiency and Unorthodox Economics. PART TWO: Risk and Opportunities of Absolute Return Strategies. CHAPTER 5 Classification and Performance of Hedge Funds. CHAPTER 6 Relative-Value and Market-Neutral Strategies. CHAPTER 7 Event-Driven Strategies. CHAPTER 8 Opportunistic Absolute Return Strategies. Appendix: Long/Short Controversy. PART THREE: The Fund of Hedge Funds Industry. CHAPTER 9 Industry Overview. CHAPTER 10 Advantages and Disadvantages of Investing in Funds of Hedge Funds. CHAPTER 11 The Alpha in Funds of Hedge Funds. PART FOUR: Going Forward. CHAPTER 12 Game of Risk or Risky Game? Notes. References. Index. About the Author.

Additional information

GOR002329921
9780471251200
0471251208
Absolute Returns: The Risk and Opportunities of Hedge Fund Investing by Alexander M. Ineichen
Alexander M. Ineichen
Wiley Finance
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
2002-10-15
528
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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