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This updated paperback edition of 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. Now with new commentary, author, Steve Drobny takes you even further into the hedge fund industry. He demystifies how these star traders make billions for their well–heeled investors, revealing their theories, strategies and approaches to markets. Whereas some still maintain that rationality permeates financial markets, Drobny captures a different dimension, showing how the unquantifiable human forces of emotion and intuition are also at play. Along the way, readers get an inside look at firsthand trading experiences through some of the major world financial crises of the last few decades including tragedies such as September 11th. 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 how greed, fear, and the human forces of emotion drive world markets.
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"Loved . . . [the] book—it′s on my nightstand!"
—Bill Gross, Managing Director, PIMCO
"What a wonderful way to get into a macro trader′s mind! I am so glad that this book exists."
—Nassim Nicholas Taleb, bestselling author of Black Swan
"We learn from these interviews of successful global macro investors that they share a style of thinking: they consider a strikingly broad list of factors influencing markets, they are exquisitely alert to nuances of timing and place in history, and, perhaps most fundamentally, they seem to be thinking along broadly inductive rather than deductive lines."
—Prof. Robert J. Shiller, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, International Center for Finance, Yale University, and author of Irrational Exuberance
"The ruminations of supposedly hush–hush hedge fund operators are richly illuminating."
—The New York Times
"Useful for anyone who has entrusted their money to funds operating in the sector."
—Financial Times
"Steven Drobny has been able to do something that few others have, especially in the media: he got hedge fund managers to share their trade secrets."
—Institutional Investor
"Couldn′t come at a more appropriate time . . . sheds more light than ever on the minds behind the largest global macro funds . . . reveals the intricacies of thinking like a hedge fund manager."
—Forbes
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Format:Paperback
Great book! I haven't finished it completely - but the structure of the book makes easy to read random chapters now and then. Great interviews and interesting insights from global macro traders and managers. This book reminds me of Market Wizards by Jack Schwagger, so if you enjoyed that book you should surely give a try to Inside the House of Money.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Awesome insight into the world of Global Macro hedge funds.
22 May 2009
Format:Paperback
Steven Drobny delivers a treasure trove of useful information in a very readable and user-friendly format. The book focuses on Global Macro hedge funds, providing a history starting with GM pioneer John Maynard Keynes to the mega funds run by Soros and Robertson, to the 21st century evolution of the leaner funds and their tactics. After describing the function and history of Global Macro, Mr. Drobny takes us deep into the minds of the operators themselves with over a dozen fascinating interviews.
For those who are new to the subject, Global Macro is basically a fund whose approach allows them to act nimbly in any global market using any class of asset including stocks, bonds, currency, and commodities. These funds employ a wide variety of hedging and arbitrage strategies using complex combinations of assets, and constantly seek out anomalies in any market that can offer superior returns.
I particularly liked the interview with Jim Leitner who has a very personal and unorthodox style that is hard not to marvel at. Jim offers this definition of GM, "The willingness to opportunistically look at every idea that comes along, from micro situations to country-specific situations, across every asset category and every country in the world. Its the combination of a broad top-down country analysis with a bottom-up micro analysis of companies. In many cases, after we make our country decisions, we then drill down and analyze the companies in the sectors that should do well in light of our macro view....Macro themes expressed in a micro style. Global Macro only means that you start at the top and work your way down." Jim also says that if there was only one thing he could ever read before choosing investments, it would be "The Economist".
If you are curious about hedge funds you will find this glimpse into the rarefied world of Global Macro a real eye opener. If you are an investor or investment professional, the book is loaded with gems of trading strategy. There are many great charts throughout the book, but it is not bogged down with heavy math. The format is similar to the Market Wizard books and there is something for everyone here. The main difference between this new edition and the 2006 is the addition of 2 new appendixes by Dr. Lee R Thomas III: "The Crash of '08"; and "Who Controls Liquidity?". Enjoy.
For those who are new to the subject, Global Macro is basically a fund whose approach allows them to act nimbly in any global market using any class of asset including stocks, bonds, currency, and commodities. These funds employ a wide variety of hedging and arbitrage strategies using complex combinations of assets, and constantly seek out anomalies in any market that can offer superior returns.
I particularly liked the interview with Jim Leitner who has a very personal and unorthodox style that is hard not to marvel at. Jim offers this definition of GM, "The willingness to opportunistically look at every idea that comes along, from micro situations to country-specific situations, across every asset category and every country in the world. Its the combination of a broad top-down country analysis with a bottom-up micro analysis of companies. In many cases, after we make our country decisions, we then drill down and analyze the companies in the sectors that should do well in light of our macro view....Macro themes expressed in a micro style. Global Macro only means that you start at the top and work your way down." Jim also says that if there was only one thing he could ever read before choosing investments, it would be "The Economist".
If you are curious about hedge funds you will find this glimpse into the rarefied world of Global Macro a real eye opener. If you are an investor or investment professional, the book is loaded with gems of trading strategy. There are many great charts throughout the book, but it is not bogged down with heavy math. The format is similar to the Market Wizard books and there is something for everyone here. The main difference between this new edition and the 2006 is the addition of 2 new appendixes by Dr. Lee R Thomas III: "The Crash of '08"; and "Who Controls Liquidity?". Enjoy.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Very Good Hedge Fund Overview on Macro Managers
3 Nov 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Excellent book that gives the reader a basic understanding of what is a Global Macro Hedge Fund Manager. Written in English versus "finance terms" it has a wealth of information for both veterans and novices in the Hedge Fund space. It is a quick read that leaves you more knowledgeable at the end. I enjoyed reading the interviews with the hedge fund managers that normally never open up their world to the public.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Master's of the Universe
14 July 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I thought I would lose interest in this book as it is a Q and A Interview style rather than a narrative style. However the book captured my interest from the very first profile. It was a great mix of trading philosophy, how they got into global macro investing, and their perspective on their world view. It was fascinating to see the intellectual challenge that global macro investing presents. The breadth of knowledge the profiled traders learn and use covers history, finance, economics, politics, psychology and many other areas. In addition the Steven Drobny's questions lead to answers that are contrary to our conventional view of the Master's of the Universe: they know they will make mistakes and tailor their approach to be ready for it and learn from it. My favorite chapters were the ones on Leitner, Thiel, Anderson, and Dimitrijevic. The last two profiles were weaker compared to the others but I still gave the book five stars considering I started out with a negative view of the book based on narrative style.
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