332.645/Biggs
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- Subjects
- Published
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Hoboken, N.J. :
John Wiley
c2006.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
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Barton Biggs, 1932-
(-)
- Physical Description
- xi, 308 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-308).
- ISBN
- 9780471771913
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Triangle Investment Club Dinner: Hacking Through the Hedgehog Jungle
- Chapter 2. The New Hedgehogs May Have Been Golden Boys, but They Still Bleed Red
- Chapter 3. Short Selling Oil: The Crude Joke Was on Us
- Chapter 4. Short Selling Is Not for Sissies
- Chapter 5. The Odyssey of Starting a Hedge Fund: A Desperate, Frantic Adventure
- Chapter 6. The Roadshow Grind: Blood, Sweat, Toil, and Tears
- Chapter 7. The Run-Up and Haunted by Remembrances and Doubt
- Chapter 8. Hedgehogs Come in All Sizes and Shapes
- Chapter 9. The Violence of Secular Market Cycles
- Chapter 10. The Battle for Investment Survival: Only Egotists or Fools Try to Pick Tops and Bottoms
- Chapter 11. From One Generation to Another: Bismarck and the Yale Endowment
- Chapter 12. Nature's Mysticism and Groupthink Stinks
- Chapter 13. The Internet Bubble: I'd Still Rather Have Air-Conditioning
- Chapter 14. Great Investment Managers Are Intense, Disciplined Maniacs
- Chapter 15. You're Only as Beloved as Your Most Recent Performance
- Chapter 16. Once You Have a Fortune, How Can You Hang On to It?
- Chapter 17. Three Investment Religions: Growth, Value, and Agnostic
- Chapter 18. The Trouble with Being Big
- Chapter 19. Bubbles and the True Believer
- Chapter 20. Divine Intervention or Inside Information? A Tale That Will Make Your Blood Run Cold
- Chapter 21. John Maynard Keynes: Economist, Hedge-Fund Manager, and Fascinating Character
- Conclusion
- Recommended Reading