The Little Book of Alternative Investments by Stein, Ben -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents Title Copyright Dedication Introduction Chapter 1 : Everything You Know Is Wrong

Addicted to Stocks Bye Bye Miss Portfolio Pie

Chapter 2 : Efficient Market Theory and Its Discontents

Exploiting Market Anomalies for Fun and Profit Capture that Anomaly! Bonds A Risk-Balanced Bond Portfolio All Together Now

Chapter 3 : Collectibles as Investments

Love and Pleasure Buying and Selling How Not to Make Money

Chapter 4 : More Alternatives We Don’t Love

Private Equity “Buy/Write” Funds Structured Products 130/30 Funds Gold

Chapter 5 : Conventional Alternatives I: Commodities

Back to the Futures Market How Do Investors Use Futures Markets? So What? Do Commodities Add Value to a Portfolio? How Do We Invest in It?

Chapter 6 : Conventional Alternatives II: Real Estate

How Do Investors Use REITs? How Do REITs Work? Do REITs Add Value to a Portfolio? How Do We Invest in It?

Chapter 7 : The Ultimate Alternative Investments

Say Whaa . . . ? Exploiting Market Anomalies Illusion versus Reality It Gets Worse

Chapter 8 : So Why Invest in Hedge Funds?

Final Answer Hedge Funds Meet Mutual Funds Master Beta

Chapter 9 : A Field Guide to Hedge Funds, Part One

#1. Long/Short Equity #2. Market Neutral Equity Funds #3. Dedicated Short Bias #4. Global Macro #5. Managed Futures

Chapter 10 : A Field Guide to Hedge Funds, Part Deux

#6. Convertible Arbitrage #7. Fixed-Income Arbitrage #8. Event-Driven #9. Emerging Markets #10. Multi-Strategy How They Stack Up

Chapter 11 : One-Fund Solutions

Hedge Fund Replicants Fun, Fun, Funds ’til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bill Away Multi-Strategy Alternative: Roll Your Own Hedge Fund

Chapter 12 : Hedge Funds Pigs in Mutual Fund Blankets

Long/Short Funds Market Neutral Equity Funds Dedicated Short Bias Funds Global Macro Managed Futures Convertible Arbitrage Fixed-Income Arbitrage Event-Driven Emerging Markets

Chapter 13 : Adding Alternative Investments to Your Portfolio

Our Final Exam Conventional Alternatives The Hedge Fund Couch Potato Portfolio A Deeper Dive The Portfolio of the Future

Conclusion : Quest into the Unknown Appendix : Fundamentals Acknowledgments About the Authors