{"product_id":"hedgehogging-isbn-9780470067734","title":"Hedgehogging","description":"Rare is the opportunity to chat with a legendary financial figure and hear the unvarnished truth about what really goes on behind the scenes. \u003ci\u003eHedgehogging\u003c\/i\u003e represents just such an opportunity, allowing you to step inside the world of Wall Street with Barton Biggs as he discusses investing in general, hedge funds in particular, and how he has learned to find and profit from the best moneymaking opportunities in an eat-what-you-kill, cutthroat investment world.  Introduction.  \u003cp\u003eChapter One. The Triangle Investment Club Dinner: Hacking Through the Hedgehog Jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Two. The New Hedgehogs May Have Been Golden Boys, but They Still Bleed Red.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Three. Short Selling Oil: The Crude Joke Was on Us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Four. Short Selling is Not for Sissies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Five. The Odyssey of Starting a Hedge Fund: A Desperate, Frantic Adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Six. The Roadshow Grind: Blood, Swat, Toil, and Tears.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seven. The Run-Up and Haunted by Remembrances and Doubt.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHedgehogs Come in All Sizes and Shapes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Nine. The Violence of Secular Market Cycles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Ten. The Battle for Investment Survival: Only Egotists or Fools Try to Pick Tops and Bottoms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven. From One Generation to Another: Bismarck and the Yale Endowment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve. Nature's Mysticism and Groupthink Stinks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen. The Internet Bubble: I'd Still Rather Have Air-Conditioning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Fourteen. Great Investment Managers Are Intense, Disciplined Maniacs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Fifteen. You're Only as beloved as Your Most Recent Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Sixteen. Once You Have a Fortune, How can You Hang on to It?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Seventeen. Three Investment Religions: Growth, Value, and Agnostic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Eighteen. The Trouble with Being Big.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Nineteen. Bubbles and True Believer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Twenty. Divine Intervention or Inside Information? A Tale That Will Make Your Blood Run Cold.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter Twenty-One. John Maynard Keynes: Economist, Hedge-Fund manager, and Fascinating Character.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecommended Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \"Highly Amusing\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Saturday 25th August 2007)  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBARTON BIGGS\u003c\/b\u003e spent thirty years at Morgan Stanley. In that time, he formed the firm's number-one-ranked research department, built up its investment management business, and served as chairman of the investment management firm. At various times during this period, he was ranked as the number one U.S. investment strategist by the \u003ci\u003eInstitutional Investor\u003c\/i\u003e magazine poll and then, from 1996 to 2003, as the number one global strategist. He was also a member of the five-man executive committee that ran the firm until its merger with Dean Witter in 1996. In 2003, Biggs left Morgan Stanley and, with two other colleagues, formed Traxis Partners. Traxis now has well over a billion dollars under its management. Biggs' latest book, \u003ci\u003eWealth, War, and Wisdom,\u003c\/i\u003e is also published by Wiley. \t  \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003csmall\u003ePRAISE FOR\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHEDGEHOGGING\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Barton Biggs writes about markets with greater style, clarity, and insight than any other observer of the Wall Street scene. His new book, \u003ci\u003eHedgehogging,\u003c\/i\u003e entertains immensely even as it provides countless valuable lessons regarding hedge funds and the investment world they inhabit.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—David F. Swensen, Chief Investment Officer, Yale University\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Since the glory days of the tech bubble, investing has become a perilous enterprise. Not the least for those running money in the proliferating hedge fund business. In \u003ci\u003eHedgehogging,\u003c\/i\u003e Biggs offers a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes at the personalities and egos making decisions about the enormous sums being dumped en masse into these funds. This book is great. It's full of personal anecdotes and critical insights from an insider's insider. You should not even consider giving money to anyone on Wall Street ever again until you've read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e—Addison Wiggin, Agora Financial LLC, author of the\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Demise of the Dollar,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand coauthor of\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmpire of Debt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRare is the opportunity to chat with a legendary figure and hear the unvarnished truth about what really goes on behind the scenes. \u003ci\u003eHedgehogging\u003c\/i\u003e represents just such an opportunity, allowing you to step inside the world of Wall Street with Barton Biggs as he discusses investing in general, hedge funds in particular, and how he has learned to find and profit from the best moneymaking opportunities in an eat-what-you-kill, cutthroat investment world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989355249893,"sku":"NP9780470067734","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470067734.jpg?v=1761783790","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/hedgehogging-isbn-9780470067734","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}