Hedgehogging

Name: Hedgehogging
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ISBN: 9780470067734

ISBN-10: 047006773X

ISBN-13: 9780470067734

Edition: 2008

Authors: Barton Biggs

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Praise for HedgeHogging "Barton Biggs writes about markets with greater style, clarity, and insight than any other observer of the Wall Street scene. His new book, Hedgehogging, entertains immensely even as it provides countless valuable lessons regarding hedge funds and the investment world they inhabit." -David F. Swensen, Chief Investment Officer, Yale University "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 Hedgehogging, Biggs offers a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes at the personalities and egos making decisions about the enormous sums being dumped en masse…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/4/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction



The Triangle Investment Club Dinner: Hacking Through the Hedgehog Jungle



The New Hedgehogs May Have Been Golden Boys, but They Still Bleed Red



Short Selling Oil: The Crude Joke Was on Us



Short Selling Is Not for Sissies



The Odyssey of Starting a Hedge Fund: A Desperate, Frantic Adventure



The Roadshow Grind: Blood, Sweat, Toil, and Tears



The Run-Up and Haunted by Remembrances and Doubt



Hedgehogs Come in All Sizes and Shapes



The Violence of Secular Market Cycles



The Battle for Investment Survival: Only Egotists or Fools Try to Pick Tops and Bottoms



From One Generation to Another: Bismarck and the Yale Endowment



Nature's Mysticism and Groupthink Stinks



The Internet Bubble: I'd Still Rather Have Air-Conditioning



Great Investment Managers Are Intense, Disciplined Maniacs



You're Only as Beloved as Your Most Recent Performance



Once You Have a Fortune, How Can You Hang On to It?



Three Investment Religions: Growth, Value, and Agnostic



The Trouble with Being Big



Bubbles and the True Believer



Divine Intervention or Inside Information? A Tale That Will Make Your Blood Run Cold



John Maynard Keynes: Economist, Hedge-Fund Manager, and Fascinating Character


Conclusion


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