SuperCash: The New Hedge Fund Capitalism (Wiley Trading)

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And it helps that Altucher writes in a clear and fun style!

Supercash: The New Hedge Fund Capitalism

As hedge funds have become more mainstream, some of their strategies are less capable of producing extraordinary returns. In response, hedge fund managers and other sophisticated investors have found new ways to turn cash into supercash. Examine these new ways with hedge fund manager James Altucher and supersize your returns. Request permission to reuse content from this site.

Wiley Trading: SuperCash : The New Hedge Fund Capitalism 253 by James Altucher (2006, Hardcover)

The New Hedge Fund Capitalism. Added to Your Shopping Cart. Description ""James Altucher is scary smart, and also a font of great and original ideas. It is equally full of 'holy cow!

Dubner, coauthor of Freakonomics ""Altucher describes in easy-to-understand terms the strategies used by the smartest managers in the world—those who are running the hottest hedge funds—to show how they are making money today. He writes for TheStreet.


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I must admit that a few ideas are presented in an opinionated light, as I disagreed with Altucher's defensive stance on short selling. Also, given the book was written before the recent global credit disaster, it would be interesting to read a follow-up on some of the credit-based strategies. My favorite chapter is "So You Want to Start a Hedge Fund," which provides some wisdom into the difficulties of launching your own fund.

Surprisingly, accomplishing success sounds easier than you might think, but is also less lucrative than you might think. Supercash would probably be of little help to Average Joe's Ameritrade account, but is no doubt a fascinating read to Wall Street buffs and those who just like to learn about making money. Wow, this is a really good book about learning what other market participants, such as hedge funds, are doing and where they are investing their money.

As more hedge funds are created, the opportunities to invest in many areas are shrinking, so they have to find other ways to generate returns. This illustrates some of their new methods. For example, when banks are refusing to lend to some individuals and businesses, some hedge funds are stepping in to fill in the gap.

Supercash: The New Hedge Fund Capitalism by James Altucher

Another example is PIPEs Private Investments in Public Equities where public companies, instead going through investment banking firms to raise more capital, simply go straight to hedge funds to negotiate terms, and as a result, close transactions much more quickly. I absolutely loved this book.

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Even though I will not be using most of the techniques in the book, I still found it extremely educational. James Altucher is superb. I like most of his books.

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I would also recommend The Forever Portfolio. Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market. It never fails, I go on vacation it hits the fan. Well in chaos there is opportunity. In short it states that most of the time, in fact all the time from his sample timeframe of June - April 15th when the Q's drop over 1.

Why Small Hedge Funds Outperform the Giants

This is an over simplification but it basically says to "buy the panic" If you take the NASDAQ stock from Jan 1 to Dec 31 their were instances of this occurring stocks dropping 1. The book is good and I recommend it!

It helps you learn to go against the crowd. By Kevin Kingston, author of: The Real Estate Investors Blog. Okay as a supplementary reading for ideas, but definitely not to be taken as a main course.