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Record Nr.

UNINA9910143421503321

Autore

Altucher James

Titolo

SuperCash [[electronic resource] ] : the new hedge fund capitalism / / James Altucher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley, c2006

ISBN

1-119-20151-9

1-280-40948-7

9786610409488

0-471-79113-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Wiley trading

Classificazione

85.30

Disciplina

332.64524

Soggetti

Hedge funds

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-203) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Hedge funds are the new banks -- Activism -- Buying delinquent charge card debt -- Everything you wanted to know about PIPEs but were afraid to ask -- The new new IPO -- Trade like a billionaire -- Closed-end fund arbitrage -- Short-selling -- The finer things in life -- Trend versus countertrend -- The myth of the index, or ETFs : active or passive? -- Watch out! -- So you want to start a hedge fund? -- Classic investment reading and new media resources -- Where to find the data.

Sommario/riassunto

""James Altucher is scary smart, and also a font of great and original ideas. So it's no surprise that SuperCah is so much fun to read and so devilishly informative. It is equally full of 'holy cow!' moments and 'why-didn't-I-think-of-that?' moments. A true keeper.""-Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor of Freakonomics ""Altucher describes in easy-to-understand terms the strategies used by the smartest managers in the world-those who are running the hottest hedge funds-to show how they are making money today. SuperCah is a great primer for those who are looking to trade lik