The Hedge Funds Book: How to Invest In Hedge Funds & Earn High Rates of Returns Safely

Money managers have traditionally used hedge funds as they would mutual funds: to pool investors’ money and place it in financial instruments in an effort to make a high positive return. Hedge funds have typically been available only to the affluent or to investors with inside contacts, but today that has changed. Almost any investor can now participate in a hedge fund and earn those high returns.

Hedge funds saw a 20 percent increase in 2009, posting the strongest gain in a decade and insta...