Here is a list of the best Hedge Fund books, some I have read myself, some that I did research on, and all have great reviews!
- Hedge Funds For Dummies (2006)
- The Option Trader’s Hedge Fund: A Business Framework for Trading Equity and Index Options (paperback) (2017)
- More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press)) ()
- The Ultimate Hedge Fund Guide: How to Form and Manage a Successful Hedge Fund (2014)
- What Hedge Funds Really Do: An Introduction to Portfolio Management (2014)
- Hedge Funds: Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide to create Wealth using Hedge Funds (2019)
- An American Hedge Fund: How I Made $2 Million as a Stock Operator & Created a Hedge Fund (2007)
- Bite the Ass Off a Bear: Getting In and Standing Out On a Hedge Fund Trading Floor (2017)
- The Insiders’ Guide to Hedge Funds (2018)
- Evaluating and Implementing Hedge Fund Strategies: The Experience of Managers and Investors, Third Edition (2003)
- Diary of a Hedge Fund Manager: From the Top, to the Bottom, and Back Again (2011)
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Hedge Funds For Dummies (2006)
If you want to diversify your portfolio and lower your risk exposure with hedge funds, here’s what you should know: Hedge Funds For Dummies explains all the different types of funds, explores the pros and cons of funds as an investment, shows you how to find a good broker, and much more. Authored by Ann Logue, a financial writer and hedge fund specialist, this handy, friendly guide covers all the bases for investors of all levels.
The Option Trader’s Hedge Fund: A Business Framework for Trading Equity and Index Options (paperback) (2017)
In this book, a hedge fund manager and an option trading coach show you how to earn steady, reliable income selling options by managing your option trades and running your option portfolio as a real business with consistent, steady returns.
More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite (Council on Foreign Relations Books (Penguin Press)) ()
Wealthy, powerful, and potentially dangerous, hedge fund moguls have become the It Boys of twenty-first- century capitalism. Beating the market was long thought to be impossible, but hedge funds cracked its mysteries and made fortunes in the process.
The Ultimate Hedge Fund Guide: How to Form and Manage a Successful Hedge Fund (2014)
In his new book, hedge fund consultant Frank Nagy takes the novice through the steps to properly set up and manage a fully functioning hedge fund. The Ultimate Hedge Fund Guide provides new fund managers/traders with the knowledge and tools they need to be familiar with setting up and managing their own hedge fund.
What Hedge Funds Really Do: An Introduction to Portfolio Management (2014)
What do hedge funds really do? These lightly-regulated funds continually innovate new investing and trading strategies to take advantage of temporary mispricing of assets (when their market price deviates from their intrinsic value). These techniques are shrouded in mystery, which permits hedge fund managers to charge exceptionally high fees.
Hedge Funds: Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide to create Wealth using Hedge Funds (2019)
A hedge fund can be defined by a private investment that is limited in scope as to who can participate in that investment. The factors that differentiate this type of investment from regular ones are that it is private, and that there are only certain individuals qualified to invest in the fund. While you might have had misconceptions before, you will be able to learn about the truth, and the benefits, throughout this book. Don’t wait to read!
An American Hedge Fund: How I Made $2 Million as a Stock Operator & Created a Hedge Fund (2007)
$2 trillion is invested in the hedge fund industry, and yet, due to industry regulations, the general public knows little about them. This book will change everything.
Bite the Ass Off a Bear: Getting In and Standing Out On a Hedge Fund Trading Floor (2017)
Contrary to Hollywood mythologizing, there are no wolves on Wall Street. Ruthless, greedy, and power-hungry individualists actually make terrible hedge-fund traders.
The Insiders’ Guide to Hedge Funds (2018)
Your best- practices guide to hedge fund operations – with helpful solutions to common challenges. Only The Insider’s Guide to Hedge Funds: Successfully Managing the Middle and Back Office provides a full unparalleled picture of all the key middle and back office functions at a typical hedge fund firm – as well as an understanding of how all those functions work together.
Evaluating and Implementing Hedge Fund Strategies: The Experience of Managers and Investors, Third Edition (2003)
This essential guide presents a detailed analysis of hedge fund investment techniques, risk and controls from the viewpoints of managers and investors.
Diary of a Hedge Fund Manager: From the Top, to the Bottom, and Back Again (2011)
An insider’s view of the high stakes world of money management, Diary of a Hedge Fund Manager is both a practical guide for investors and the deeply personal story of a man who knows the system inside and out. One of the best young portfolio managers on Wall Street, and helping to run the hedge fund operation of one of the world’s most prestigious firms, Keith McCullough finds himself a lone voice of reason as the economic crisis of 2008 looms large.
Best Hedge Fund Books You Should Read
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Hedge Funds For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
Author(s): Ann C. Logue
ID: 3535816, Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc, Year: 2023, Size: 10 Mb, Format: pdf
Financing our Anthropocene: How Wall Street, Main Street and Central Banks Can Manage, Fund and Hedge Our Global Commons
Author(s): Stefan Brunnhuber
ID: 3609998, Publisher: Springer, Year: 2023, Size: 3 Mb, Format: pdf
Quantitative Hedge Funds: Discretionary, Systematic, AI, ESG And Quantamental
Author(s): Richard D. Bateson
ID: 3637583, Publisher: World Scientific Publishing, Year: 2022, Size: 20 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not definite. Some books are absolutely chart-busters according to Los Angeles Times, others are written by unknown authors. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.