The Handbook of Alternative Investments

by Editor: Darrell Jobman

• ISBN13: 9780471418603
• ISBN10: 0471418609
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

The first comprehensive guide to all types of alternative investments The Handbook of Alternative Investments is an indispensable working resource for investment managers, financial advisors, pension and endowment fund trustees, corporate treasurers, consultants, and estate planners. Authored by an all-star team of investment professionals and academics from across North America, the contributions featured in this groundbreaking guide were carefully selected. Darrell Jobman is a writer and editorial consultant in Deerfield, Illinois, dealing primarily with financial and futures markets. He is an acknowledged authority on derivative markets and has spent his career writing and publishing about them. He formerly was editor-in-chief of Futures Magazine and is currently a contributing editor. He has been an author, co-author, editor, or ghost-writer for a number of books, including The Handbook of Technical Analysis.

Author Biography

Darrell R. Jobman is a writer and editorial consultant dealing primarily with financial and futures markets. He is an acknowledged authority on derivative markets and has spent his career writing and publishing about them. He formerly was editor in chief of Futures magazine and is currently a contributing editor. He has been an author, coauthor, editor, or ghostwriter for a number of books, including The Handbook of Technical Analysis, Masters of the Futures, and The Complete Guide to Electronic Futures Trading. Mr. Jobman has written various trading courses and developed several Web sites.

Table of Contents

Alpha Generating Strategies: A Consideration (B. Warwick).

Hedge Funds (T. Partners).

Managed Funds (T. Schneeweis).

Distressed Securities (E. Matos).

Convertible Securities (W. Brown).

Real Estate (M. Roberts).

Mortgage-Backed Securities (B. Colvin).

Precious Metals (R. Scott-Ram).

Private Placements (G. Hirt, et al.).

Microcap Stocks (R. Rieves & J. Lefebvre).

High Yield Securities (M. Fridson).

Energy.