Links & Resources

Websites

• HedgeWorld
• The Barclay Group
• The Deal
• Barrons
• Bradynet (Int'l Foreign Debt Resource)
• Bonds Online
• Hedge Fund Center
• The Hedge Fund Association
• The Texas Hedge Fund Association

Useful Tools

• Corporate Bond Spreads
• Free Corporate Bond Prices
• Merger Spreads (Links to Paid Content)
• Convertible Bond Calculator
• SEC Edgar Company Search: to find Form 13F-HR Filings

Articles

• What is a hedge fund?
• An introduction to hedge funds (Registration Required)
• SECs definition of a hedge fund
• Taking the Mystery Out of Hedge Funds
• Background Notes on the Hedge Fund Industry (Registration Required)
• Dealing with the Myths of Hedge Fund Investments (Registration Required)
• Risk Management Lessons from Long-term Capital Management (Registration Required)
• Basic Legal Q&A about hedge funds
• Where hedge funds fit into the market ecosystem
• Hedge Fund Accounting Basics
• What is a fund of funds?
• Fund of Funds: The Right Choice for Your Client's Allocation to Hedge Funds (Registration Required)

Reading List

• You Can be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Place of Stock Market Profits by Joel Greenblatt
• Security Analysis by Benjamin Graham and David Dodd
• Value Investing: From Graham to Buffett and Beyond by Bruce Greenwald
• Hedge Funds: Investment and Portfolio Strategies for the Institutional Investor by Jess Lederman
• When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein
• Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It by Nicholas Dunbar
• Market Neutral Investing: Long/Short Hedge Fund Strategies by Joseph Nicholas
• The Complete Arbitrage Deskbook by Steven Reverre
• Risk Arbitrage by Keith Moorea
• Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports by Howard Schilit
• Global Convertible Investing: The Gabelli Way by Hart Woodson
• Creating Value Through Corporate Restructuring: Case Studies in Bankruptcies, Buyouts, and Breakups by Stuart Gilson
• The Vulture Investors, Revised and Updated by Hilary Rosenberg