The Alpha Masters, Maneet Ahuja
The Alpha Masters, Maneet Ahuja
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The Alpha Masters
Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds

Author: Maneet Ahuja

Narrator: Joe Geoffrey

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 06/19/2012


Synopsis

The ultimate behind-the-curtain look at the hedge fund industry, unlocking the most valuable stories, secrets, and lessons directly from those who have played the game best.
Written by Maneet Ahuja, the hedge fund industry insider, The Alpha Masters brings the secretive world of hedge funds into the light of day for the first time. As the authority that the biggest names in the business, including John Paulson, David Tepper, and Bill Ackman, go to before breaking major news, Ahuja has access to the innermost workings of the hedge fund industry. For the first time, in Alpha Masters, Ahuja provides both institutional and savvy private investors with tangible, analytical insight into the psychology of the trade, the strategies and investment criteria serious money managers use to determine and evaluate their positions, and special guidance on how the reader can replicate this success themselves.

There are few people with access to the inner chambers of the hedge fund industry, and as a result it remains practically uncharted financial territory. Alpha Masters changes all that, shedding light on star fund managers and how exactly they consistently outperform the market. The audiobook:

Contains easy-to-follow chapters that are broken down by strategy--Long/Short, Event Arbitrage, Value, Macro, Distressed, Quantitative, Commodities, Activist, pure Short, Fund of Funds.
Includes insights from the biggest names in the trading game, including Ray Dalio, Marc Lasry, Jim Chanos, Sonia Gardner, Pierre Lagrange, and Tim Wong.
Features contributions from industry icon Mohamed El-Erian
Many of the subjects profiled in this groundbreaking new book have never spoken so candidly about their field, providing extremely provocative, newsworthy analysis of today's investing landscape.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David

Very disappointing. I have no idea how Ahuja got access to the people featured in this book - most of them are reknowned for shunning the spotlight - but given this access the author has done a complete disservice to the subject matter. It's basically a lazy effort, a handful of interviews with each......more

Not bad. The author manages to corral and interview a pretty impressive collection of hedge fund managers for the meat of this book. I enjoyed learning about their backgrounds and how they started their funds, but as Myron Scholes points out in the afterword, the text is almost a People magazine fea......more

Goodreads review by Kier

It's a so-so book about hedge fund managers. Given the credentials of the author I expected a lot better book. I made it about half-way through and became bored with it.......more

The book covers Ray Dalio, Pierre LaGrange, Tim Wong, David Tepper, Bill Ackman, Dan Loeb, Jim Chanos very well and their investment philosophies. The book has a number of investment lessons on temperament, style, and execution. This is one of the very few books that talk about Appaloosa’s David Tepp......more