The Alpha Masters: Unlocking the Genius of the World's Top Hedge Funds -- Contents -- Foreword: The Less Mysterious World of Hedge Funds -- Investment Vehicles -- Investment Managers -- Beyond the Personalities -- Bottom Line -- Preface -- A Hedge-ucation -- The Framework -- The "Hedge Fund" Misnomer -- 2011's Mixed Signals -- Disclaimer -- Chapter 1: The Global Macro Maven: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates -- The Makings of a Maven -- Coming of Age through a Crisis -- Building Bridgewater -- Winning Over the World Bank -- Belly Up: Learning from the Bad -- Calculating Crises -- Foreseeing the Financial Crisis -- Extracting Alpha -- Bringing Home the Alpha -- Fund in Focus -- Procuring the Principles -- Watchful Eye on the World Today -- Going After What You Want -- Chapter 2: Man versus Machine: Pierre Lagrange and Tim Wong, Man Group/AHL -- Tim Wong: The Engineer -- Pierre Lagrange: The Money Maker -- Chapter 3: The Risk Arbitrageur: John Paulson, Paulson & Co. -- The Making of a Risk Arbitrageur -- It's Not All Numbers -- The Stuff of Legends -- Knowing What You Don't Know -- "I'm Sort of an Independent Person" -- The Greatest Trade Ever -- Mispriced Risk: Dow/Rohm & Haas -- Jumping into the Deep End: Citigroup -- Good as Gold -- A Little Help from His Friends -- Fighting Back -- Chapter 4: Distressed Debt's Value Seekers: Marc Lasry and Sonia Gardner, Avenue Capital Group -- The Auto Bailout -- Brother-and-Sister Partnership -- Catching the Eye of Robert Bass -- Killer Combination -- Detecting Diamonds in the Rough -- Extracting the Value -- Chapter 5: The Fearless First Mover: David Tepper, Appaloosa Management -- Gearing Up at Goldman -- Pulling in the Profits -- "A" for Appaloosa -- The Early Days -- No "A's" in High School -- Learning and Earning -- Fierce and Fearless -- Titanic Track Record -- International Intrigue -- Russian Roulette.

Bullish on Bankruptcies -- Delphi Dilemma -- WaMu Winner -- The Force Behind Financials -- The ABC's: AIG, BAC, and C -- Sizing Up the Sweet Spot -- Chapter 6: The Activist Answer: William A. Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management -- Bright Beginnings -- Getting Gotham Going -- The School of Rock -- Making a Name for Himself -- Return on Invested Brain Damage -- Buying the Farm -- Rising from the Ashes -- Fast Food, Building Record Results -- Making Cents at McDonald's -- Borders and Target: A Couple of Clunkers -- Zeroing in on Target -- MBIA -- A Dud -- The Greatest Trade -- A Penney for His Thoughts -- Canadian Pacific on the Rails -- What Makes an Activist -- Chapter 7: The Poison Pen: Daniel Loeb, Third Point -- The Young Whippersnapper Finds His Way -- Catching the Big Wave in the Storm -- Evolution and Revolution -- The Third Point Tao and Team Approach -- Chapter 8: The Cynical Sleuth: James Chanos, Kynikos Associates LP -- Cause for Cynicism -- The Contrarian Investor -- The Secret Sauce of Short-Selling -- Defending an Investment Strategy -- China's Coming Crisis -- Back to Business School Basics -- Chapter 9: The Derivatives Pioneer: Boaz Weinstein, Saba Capital Management -- The Rise of a Trailblazer -- "Lehman Weekend" at the Fed -- The Technicalities of the Trade -- Afterword: Myron S. Scholes, 1997 Nobel Laureate in Economics and Co-Author of the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model -- Appendix -- References -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Supplemental Images -- Index -- EULA.