Running Money
Hedge Fund Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt for the Big Score
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 13, 2009
A brilliant investor, a born raconteur and an overall smart-ass, Andy Kessler pulls back the curtain on the world of hedge funds and shows how the guys who run big money think, talk and act.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp-tongued hedge fund memoir turns investing insight and economic history into lively reading.
- Themes
- Hedge fund management, Contrarian investment strategy, Economic history and market parallels
- Genres
- Business Lives, Investment & Trading Strategies, Economics
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A brilliant investor, a born raconteur and an overall smart-ass, Andy Kessler pulls back the curtain on the world of hedge funds and shows how the guys who run big money think, talk and act. Following on the success of Wall Street Meat, his self-published book on the lives of Wall Street stock analysts, Andy Kessler recounts his years as an extraordinarily successful hedge fund manager.
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To run a successful hedge fund you must have an investing edge -- that special insight that allows you to reap greater returns for your clients and yourself. A quick study, Kessler gets an education in investing from some fascinating and quirky personalities. Eventually he works out his own insight into the world economy, a powerful lens that reveals to him hidden value in seemingly negative trends. Focussing on margin surplus, Kessler comes to see that current American economy, at the apex of the information revolution, is not so different from the British economy at the height of the industrial revolution. Drawing out the parallels he develops a powerful investing tool which he shares with readers. Contrarian and confident, Kessler made a fortune applying his ideas to his hedge fund. Which only proves that they may not be as crazy as they sound.
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A sharp-tongued hedge fund memoir turns investing insight and economic history into lively reading.
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- A candid look at how big-money investors think and talk
- Contrarian ideas linking information-age economics with the industrial age
Expect
- A raconteur’s account of learning to find an investing edge
- Confident reflections on the logic behind unconventional bets
Where it sits
| Investment & Trading Strategies | 36% |
|---|---|
| Business Lives | 35% |
| Economics | 23% |
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Publisher categories
- Business & Economics
- Finance
- Investing
- Investment & Trading Strategies
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- Portfolio Management
- Personal Finance
- Investing (Personal)
- Authors
- Andy Kessler
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 13, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Hedge fund management · Contrarian investment strategy · Economic history and market parallels
- Reading lane
- Business & Economics