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Authors: Steven Drobny, Joseph G. Nicholas
ISBN-13: 9780471794479, ISBN-10: 0471794473
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Steven Drobny

STEVEN DROBNY is cofounder and partner of Drobny Global Advisors (DGA), an international macroeconomic research and advisory firm that counts many of the leading global hedge funds as clients. Prior to starting DGA, Drobny worked for Deutsche Bank's Hedge Fund Group in London, Singapore, and Zurich. Drobny holds a master's degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a bachelor's degree from Bucknell University. Please visit www.insidethehouseofmoney.com for information on Drobny, DGA, and this book.

Book Synopsis

Inside the House of Money lifts the veil on the typically opaque world of hedge funds, offering a rare glimpse at how today's highest paid money managers approach their craft. Author Steven Drobny demystifies how these star traders make billions for well-heeled investors, revealing their theories, strategies and approaches to markets. Drobny, cofounder of Drobny Global Advisors, an international macroeconomic research and advisory firm, has tapped into his network and beyond in order assemble this collection of thirteen interviews with the industry's best minds. Along the way, you'll get an inside look at firsthand trading experiences through some of the major world financial crises of the last few decades. Whether Russian bonds, Pakistani stocks, Southeast Asian currencies or stakes in African brewing companies, no market or instrument is out of bounds for these elite global macro hedge fund managers. Highly accessible and filled with in-depth expert opinion, Inside the House of Money is a must-read for financial professionals and anyone else interested in understanding the complexities at stake in world financial markets.

"The ruminations of supposedly hush-hush hedge fund operators are richly illuminating." —New York Times

Table of Contents

Forewordix
Prefacexi
1Introduction to Global Macro Hedge Funds1
2The History of Global Macro Hedge Funds5
3The Future of Global Macro Hedge Funds31
4The Family Office Manager: Jim Leitner (Falcon Management)35
5The Prop Trader: Christian Siva-Jothy (SemperMacro)71
6The Researcher: Dr. Andres Drobny (Drobny Global Advisors)103
7The Treasurer: Dr. John Porter (Barclays Capital)133
8The Central Banker: Dr. Sushil Wadhwani (Wadhwani Asset Management)161
9The Dot-Commer: Peter Thiel (Clarium Capital)181
10The Floor Trader: Yra Harris (Praxis Trading)199
11The Pioneer: Jim Rogers217
12The Commodity Specialist: Dwight Anderson (Ospraie Management)241
13The Stock Operator: Scott Bessent (Bessent Capital)269
14The Emerging Market Specialist: Marko Dimitrijevic (Everest Capital)289
15The Fixed Income Specialists: David Gorton and Rob Standing (London Diversified Fund Management)309
16The Currency Specialist: Anonymous325
Conclusion341
Appendix AWhy Global Macro Is the Way to Go343
Appendix BA Note to Investors about Global Macro351
Acknowledgments354
Bibliography357
Index361

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