The Hedge
Fund Edge is an indispensable guide
for any investor or trader who wants to consistently
profit from the markets without having to
undergo huge risks. Mark Boucher, hedge fund
manager and well-known speaker on trading,
provides readers with a solid methodology
for achieving market-beating, long-run returns
with risk that is substantially below the
long-run risk of U.S. and global equities.
Boucher first
looks at the limitations of traditional stock
and bond investing, and then explains how
to determine the safest and most profitable
periods for investing in stocks in any country.
He explains this strategy both conceptually
and with an objective model that has been
used to manage money successfully since the
1950s. He shows how to allocate funds among
global equities at any given time while following
safe, reliable, and profitable trends. The
book also provides a thorough discussion of
the Austrian Liquidity Cycle, an original
combination of Austrian Economics, Economic
Alchemy , and Liquidity Cycle Theory. Boucher
explains how to use this theory to understand
the major moves behind the markets and determine
the most profitable market in which to invest.
The Hedge
Fund Edge provides critical valuation
and technical models as well as essential
information on stock selection techniques
to help readers identify which markets and
stocks are both lower-risk and higher-performing.
Boucher also describes, in detail, the impact
of governmental policies on the markets and
connection between macroeconomic performance
and investment performance. Also, included
are essential timing models for determining
when to invest in gold, bonds, commodities,
and other asset classes, as well as methods
for allocating a portfolio with the goal of
investing in the very best trends at any one
point in time across all asset classes. The
book emphasizes the power of diversification
among asset classes, such as arbitrage funds,
global hedge funds, different types of futures
funds, distressed bonds, and other market-uncorrelated
investments. Boucher explains how this diversification
can be used to build a bulletproof and highly
profitable portfolio that returns consistently
high profits with much lower than market rise.
Boucher provides examples from his own real-time
hedge fund trading experience and offers his
performance as proof of what can be achieved
via these techniques.
The Hedge
Fund Edge melds market timing, vehicle
selection, risk management techniques, economic
insight and understanding, and tactical asset
allocation into a totally new philosophy and
approach that has been proven to produce spectacular
gains with relatively low risk.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1 -
The Risk of Traditional Investment Approaches
Chapter 2 -
Liquidity - The Pump That Artificially
Primes Investment Flows
Chapter 3 -
Index Valuation Gauges - Do Not Ignore
The Price You Pay
Chapter 4 -
Macro Technical Tools - Making Sure the
Tide Is Moving In The Right Direction
Chapter 5 -
Containing Risk - Sound Strategy and Money-Management
Methods and The Principles of Character Necessary
to Achieve Them
Chapter 6 -
The Essence of Consistent Profits - Understanding
Chapter 7 -
Equity Selection Criteria Long and Short
- How Profits Are Magnified
Chapter 8 -
Other Asset Classes and Models to Exploit
Them
Chapter 9 -
Asset Allocation Models and Global Relative
Strength Analysis - Constructing a Portfolio
Appendix A -
Strategies for Short-term Traders
Appendix B -
Recommended Books, Services, Data Sources
and Letters
Appendix C -
Master Spreadsheet of Systems Performance
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