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by Mohamed El-Erian, Myron Scholes, Maneet Ahuja
The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds
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Title
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword: The Less Mysterious World of Hedge Funds
Preface
Disclaimer
Chapter 1: The Global Macro Maven
The Makings of a Maven
Coming of Age through a Crisis
Building Bridgewater
Winning Over the World Bank
Belly Up: Learning from the Bad
Calculating Crises
Foreseeing the Financial Crisis
Extracting Alpha
Bringing Home the Alpha
Fund in Focus
Procuring the Principles
Watchful Eye on the World Today
Going After What You Want
Chapter 2: Man versus Machine
Tim Wong: The Engineer
Pierre Lagrange: The Money Maker
Chapter 3: The Risk Arbitrageur
The Making of a Risk Arbitrageur
It’s Not All Numbers
The Stuff of Legends
Knowing What You Don’t Know
“I’m Sort of an Independent Person”
The Greatest Trade Ever
Mispriced Risk: Dow/Rohm & Haas
Jumping into the Deep End: Citigroup
Good as Gold
A Little Help from His Friends
Fighting Back
Chapter 4: Distressed Debt’s Value Seekers
The Auto Bailout
Brother-and-Sister Partnership
Catching the Eye of Robert Bass
Killer Combination
Detecting Diamonds in the Rough
Extracting the Value
Chapter 5: The Fearless First Mover
Gearing Up at Goldman
Pulling in the Profits
“A” for Appaloosa
The Early Days
No “A’s” in High School
Learning and Earning
Fierce and Fearless
Titanic Track Record
International Intrigue
Russian Roulette
Bullish on Bankruptcies
Delphi Dilemma
WaMu Winner
The Force Behind Financials
The ABC’s: AIG, BAC, and C
Sizing Up the Sweet Spot
Chapter 6: The Activist Answer
Bright Beginnings
Getting Gotham Going
The School of Rock
Making a Name for Himself
Return on Invested Brain Damage
Buying the Farm
Rising from the Ashes
Fast Food, Building Record Results
Making Cents at McDonald’s
Borders and Target: A Couple of Clunkers
Zeroing in on Target
MBIA
A Dud
The Greatest Trade
A Penney for His Thoughts
Canadian Pacific on the Rails
What Makes an Activist
Chapter 7: The Poison Pen
The Young Whippersnapper Finds His Way
Catching the Big Wave in the Storm
Evolution and Revolution
The Third Point Tao and Team Approach
Chapter 8: The Cynical Sleuth
Cause for Cynicism
The Contrarian Investor
The Secret Sauce of Short-Selling
Defending an Investment Strategy
China’s Coming Crisis
Back to Business School Basics
Chapter 9: The Derivatives Pioneer
The Rise of a Trailblazer
“Lehman Weekend” at the Fed
The Technicalities of the Trade
Afterword
Appendix
References
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
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