{"product_id":"hedge-hunters-isbn-9781576603635","title":"Hedge Hunters","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the survival of hedge funds and managers in the aftermath of crisis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHedge Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e has been one of the most important and best-selling books on hedge funds since its debut in November 2007. Since then, the financial markets have been turned upside down, posing unprecedented challenges to hedge fund managers. This revised and updated edition deals with those changes with all the insight and knowledge that made the original edition so successful. Katherine Burton has written a new preface and has updated each chapter with a discussion of how the fund was affected by the downturn, the manager's strategies for coping with the ongoing turbulence, and how the fund survived.\u003c\/p\u003e  Preface to the Second Edition.  \u003cp\u003ePreface to the 2007 Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMark Yusko\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat It Takes to Be the Best.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMichael Steinhardt\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Passion for Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Steinhardt's Pick\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJohn Armitage\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReasoned and Unrattled.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eMarc Lasry\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Intolerance for Losing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Lasry's Pick\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eCraig Effron\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Grip on Risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eLee Ainslie\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Stock Picker, Pure and Hardly Simple.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Ainslie's Pick\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBernay Box\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Big Time in Small Caps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBoone Pickens\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Imperturbable Oilman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 Pickens's Picks\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBrian Bradshaw, David Meaney, Michael Ross, and Alex Szewczyk\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Place at the Table.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJosh Friedman and Mitch Julis\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoyens of Debt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 Friedman's and Julis's Picks\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJeffrey Schachter and Burton Weinstein\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeaving Little to Chance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eDwight Anderson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Phoenix Phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13 Anderson's Pick\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRoberto Mignone\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFruits of Firsthand Knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14 Anderson's Pick\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBruce Ritter\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMastering a Changing Market.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJulian Robertson\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEncores.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eJim Chanos\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOut on the Short-Selling Limb.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eRichard Perry\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Manager's Manager.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 18 Masters\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003eDaniel Loeb\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNewfound Restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Well-written. . . . Burton breaks new ground by profiling thirteen up-and-coming managers selected by ten acknowledged 'leaders and legends.'\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e)  \u003cp\u003e\"A fine introduction to hedge funds for both the interested reader and those contemplating a career in this area of investment.\" (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eKatherine Burton\u003c\/b\u003e has been a reporter at Bloomberg News since 1993, covering hedge funds and investment management. Before joining Bloomberg, she wrote for the \u003ci\u003eInternational Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003c\/i\u003e. She has an MBA from New York University and is a winner of the 2001 Society of American Business Editors and Writers Award for breaking news, and the 2005 New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Award for Excellence in Journalism for business writing.","brand":"Bloomberg Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989355380965,"sku":"NP9781576603635","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781576603635.jpg?v=1761783792","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/hedge-hunters-isbn-9781576603635","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}