Profiting from hedge funds : winning strategies for the little guy / John Konnayil Vincent.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Vincent, John Konnayil.

Series:

• Wiley Trading

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Hedge funds.
• Hedging (Finance).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Wiley, c2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Learn to apply the strategies of top hedge fund managers to your personal investment portfolio The most successful hedge fund managers and superstar investors outperform the markets impressively, while most fund managers-and individual investors as well-usually underperform the market averages. Based on the figures released by the Edgar System each quarter, this book analyzes the performance of hedge fund managers controlling at least 100 million in Assets Under Management to help other investors close the gap between themselves and the industry's top fund managers. With model portfo

Contents:

• Profiting from Hedge Funds: Winning Strategies for the Little Guy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Audience; Overview; Notes; Part One: Tracking 12 of the Greatest Money Managers; Chapter 1: Introduction; 13Fs: A Window into Hedge Fund Activity; Filtering 13Fs for Relevant Activity; Raw 13F Filings from EDGAR; Notes; Chapter 2: Bill Ackman; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 3: Bruce Berkowitz; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 4: Warren Buffett; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes
• Chapter 5: Ian Cumming and Joseph S. SteinbergPhilosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 6: David Einhorn; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 7: Carl Icahn; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 8: Seth Klarman; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 9: John Paulson; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 10: Wilbur Ross; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 11: George Soros
• Philosophy and StyleMarquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 12: David Swensen; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Chapter 13: Prem Watsa; Philosophy and Style; Marquee Trades; Portfolio Analysis; Notes; Part Two: Mechanical Approaches to Following the Masters; Chapter 14: Introduction; Manager Selection; Asset Allocation and Sentiment Capture; Risk Avoidance; Constructing Model Portfolios Mechanically: A Primer; Equal Allocation Largest Positions; Equal Allocation Largest New Positions; Weighted Allocation Largest Positions
• Weighted Allocation Largest New Positions10-5-2 Allocation Largest Positions; 10-5-2 Allocation Largest New Positions; Notes; Chapter 15: Equal Allocation Models; Portfolio Management and Performance Analysis; Bill Ackman: Largest Three; Warren Buffett: Largest Three; David Einhorn: Largest Three; Combined Portfolio: Largest Positions; Combined Portfolio: Largest New Positions; Summary; Chapter 16: Weighted Allocation Models; Portfolio Management and Performance Analysis; Bill Ackman: Largest Three; Warren Buffett: Largest Three; David Einhorn: Largest Three
• Combined Portfolio: Largest PositionsCombined Portfolio: Largest New Positions; Summary; Chapter 17: Ten-Five-Two (10-5-2) Allocation Models; Portfolio Management and Performance Analysis; Bill Ackman; Warren Buffett; David Einhorn; Summary; Chapter 18: Alternate Models; Portfolio Management and Performance Analysis; Bill Ackman: Exact Match Approximation Model; David Swensen: Asset Allocation Model; Sector Rotation Model; Simple Moving Average (SMA) Based Model; Summary; Note; Part Three: Learning from the Masters; Chapter 19: Introduction; Beating the Managers at Their Own Game
• Trading Alongside the Managers

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Includes index.
• Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 28, 2013).

ISBN:

• 9781118638293
• 1118638298
• 9781118465172
• 1118465172
• 9781118465196
• 1118465199

OCLC:

851158640