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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810415703321

Autore

Drobny Steven

Titolo

The Invisible Hands [[electronic resource] ] : Top Hedge Fund Traders on Bubbles, Crashes, and Real Money / / Steven Drobny ; forewords by Nouriel Roubini and Jared Diamond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2011

ISBN

1-118-16740-6

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (474 p.)

Collana

New York Academy of Sciences

Disciplina

332.64/524

917.520014

Soggetti

Hedge funds

Investment advisors

Mutual funds

Portfolio management

Finance

Business & Economics

Investment & Speculation

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. 419-426) and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE INVISIBLE HANDS; Contents; Foreword; Foreword to the Previous Edition; Preface; Preface to the Previous Edition; PART ONE REAL MONEY AND THE CRASH OF '08; Chapter 1 Rethinking Real Money; Chapter 2 The Researcher: Dr. Andres Drobny, Drobny Global Advisors; Chapter 3 The Family Office Manager: Jim Leitner, Falcon Management; PART TWO THE INVISIBLE HANDS; Chapter 4 The House; Chapter 5 The Philosopher; Chapter 6 The Bond Trader; Chapter 7 The Professor; Chapter 8 The Commodity Trader; Chapter 9 The Commodity Investor; Chapter 10 The Commodity Hedger; Chapter 11 The Equity Trader

Chapter 12 The PredatorChapter 13 The Plasticine Macro Trader; PART THREE FINAL WORD; Chapter 14 The Pensioner; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Hedge fund managers who survived and profited through the 2008 financial crisis share their secrets In light of the colossal losses and amidst the resulting confusion that still lingers, it is time to rethink



money management in the broadest of terms. Drastic changes need to be made, and managers who actually made money during 2008 make for a logical starting place. The Invisible Hands provides investors and traders with the latest thinking from some of the best and the most successful players in money management, highlighting the specific risk and return objectives of each,