"In Top Hedge Fund Investors, Rittereiser and Kochard have put to rest any lingering doubts that hedge funds have become an essential component of successful investment programs. When a collection of extraordinarily talented individuals, like those profiled in this book, dedicate their lives to...

Details how mutual funds are marketed, regulated, and invested in stocks and bonds. The book also describes the critical factors needed to choose a specific fund for your investment or retirement plan, including what to look for when reading prospectuses, shareholder reports and third party...

A finance view on the real estate market -- Basic derivative instruments -- Rationales for property derivatives -- Hurdles for property derivatives -- Experience in property derivatives -- Underlying indices -- Index dynamics -- Feedback effects -- The property premium puzzle -- Pricing property...