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		<title>QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/01/qfinance-the-ultimate-resource/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Rivera</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource
Publisher: Bloomsbury Information Ltd
Published: October 2009
From Publisher: QFINANCE is a new authoritative, comprehensive and practical finance reference book.  QFINANCE provides you with a powerful combination of over 2,000 pages of finance information and expertise from over 300 of the world’s leading finance experts.  QFINANCE is the only finance reference book of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Myth of the Rational Market</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/the-myth-of-the-rational-market/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/06/01/the-myth-of-the-rational-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: The Myth of the Rational Market
Author: Justin Fox
Published: June 2009
From Publisher: Chronicling the rise and fall of the efficient market theory and the century-long making of the modern financial industry, Justin Fox&#8217;s The Myth of the Rational Market is as much an intellectual whodunit as a cultural history of the perils and possibilities of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Fund Alpha: A Framework for Generating and Understanding Investment Performance</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/hedge-fund-alpha-a-framework-for-generating-and-understanding-investment-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/03/01/hedge-fund-alpha-a-framework-for-generating-and-understanding-investment-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Hedge Fund Alpha: A Framework for Generating and Understanding Investment Performance
Author: John. M. Longo, Ed.
Published: March 2009

From Publisher: Hedge funds are perhaps the hottest topic in finance today, but little material of substance to date has been written on the topic. Most books focus on how to set up a hedge fund and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Heretics of Finance: Conversations with Leading Practitioners of Technical Analysis</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/01/05/the-heretics-of-finance-conversations-with-leading-practitioners-of-technical-analysis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: The Heretics of Finance: Conversations with Leading Practitioners of Technical Analysis 
 Author: Andrew W. Lo and Jasmina Hasanhodzic
Published: January 2009
From Publisher:
The Heretics of Finance provides extraordinary insight into both the art of technical analysis and the character of the successful trader. Distinguished MIT professor Andrew W. Lo and researcher Jasmina Hasahodzic interviewed thirteen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation and Endowment Investing: Philosophies and Strategies of Top Investors and Institutions</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/11/02/foundation-and-endowment-investing-philosophies-and-strategies-of-top-investors-and-institutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Foundation and Endowment Investing: Philosophies and Strategies of Top Investors and Institutions
Author: Lawrence E. Kochard, Cathleen M. Rittereiser
Published: December 2007
From Publisher: In Foundation and Endowment Investing, authors Lawrence Kochard and Cathleen Rittereiser offer you a detailed look at this fascinating world and the strategies used to achieve success within it. Filled with in-depth insights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative Beta Strategies and Hedge Fund Replication</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/25/alternative-beta-strategies-and-hedge-fund-replication/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/10/25/alternative-beta-strategies-and-hedge-fund-replication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Alternative Beta Strategies and Hedge Fund Replication
Author: Lars Jaeger
Published: October 2008
From Publisher: Serving as a handbook for replicating the returns of hedge funds at considerably lower cost, Alternative Beta Strategies and Hedge Fund Replication provides a unique focus on replication, explaining along the way the return sources of hedge funds, and their systematic risks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Active 130/30 Extensions</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/13/active-13030-extensions/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/09/13/active-13030-extensions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Active 130/30 Extensions
Author: Martin L. Leibowitz, Simon Emrich, Anthony Bova
Published: January 2009
From Publisher: Active 130/30 Extensions is the newest wave of disciplined investment strategies that involves asymmetric decision-making on long/short portfolio decisions, concentrated investment risk-taking in contrast to diversification, systematic portfolio risk management, and flexibility in portfolio design. This strategy is the building block [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/14/hedge-funds-an-analytic-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/04/14/hedge-funds-an-analytic-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Hedge Funds: An Analytic Perspective
Author: Andrew Lo
Published: April 2008
From Publisher: The hedge fund industry has grown dramatically over the last two decades, with more than eight thousand funds now controlling close to two trillion dollars. Originally intended for the wealthy, these private investments have now attracted a much broader following that includes pension funds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portable Alpha Theory &amp; Practice</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/26/portable-alpha-theory-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/02/26/portable-alpha-theory-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portable Alpha & Alpha/Beta Separation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Portable Alpha Theory and Practice
Author: Sabrina Callin
Published: February 2008
From Publisher: While the interest in portable alpha has grown exponentially, few investors have a true appreciation for the risks and operational complexities associated with this investment application. By first mapping out the key components and evolution of portable alpha, this book aims to give investors [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Euromoney Portable Alpha Handbook 2008</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/10/euromoney-portable-alpha-handbook-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2008/01/10/euromoney-portable-alpha-handbook-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: The Euromoney Portable Alpha Handbook 2008
Publisher: EUROMONEY INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR PLC
Published: January 2008
The phenomenon of portable alpha continues to go from strength to strength and is a hugely debated investment strategy in today&#8217;s financial world. This is why it has never been so important to keep up with the very latest portable alpha innovations, trends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Capital Ideas Evolving</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/05/14/capital-ideas-evolving/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/05/14/capital-ideas-evolving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 22:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Capital Ideas Evolving
Author: Peter Bernstein
Published: May 2007
From Publisher: Follow-up to Bernstein’s landmark work, Capital Ideas (1992), which described the breakthrough financial theories of a small group of academics, including Paul Samuelson, Harry Markowitz, Bill Sharpe, Jack Treynor, Eugene Fama, Robert C. Merton, Fischer Black, and Myron Scholes. Their pioneering insights laid the intellectual groundwork [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handbook of Hedge Funds</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/14/handbook-of-hedge-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/02/14/handbook-of-hedge-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Handbook of Hedge Funds
Author: Francois-Serge L&#8217;habitant
Published: February 2007
From Publisher: Intended as a comprehensive reference for investors and fund and portfolio managers, Handbook of Hedge Funds combines new material with updated information from Francois-Serge L’habitant’s two other successful hedge fund books. This book features up-to-date regulatory and historical information, new case studies and trade examples, detailed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Active Alpha</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/14/active-alpha/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2007/01/14/active-alpha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 22:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Active Alpha &#8211; A Portfolio Approach to Selecting and Managing Alternative Investments
Author: Alan Dorsey
Published: August 2007
From Publisher: Enhance overall investment returns by using alternative investments as the centerpiece of a portfolio. Alternative investments–such as hedge funds, private equity, and real estate–are growing in both popularity and importance, with more than $1 trillion invested in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors and Markets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/14/investors-and-markets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/14/investors-and-markets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CAPM / Alpha Theory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Investors and Markets
Author: William Sharpe
Published: October 2006
From Publisher: William Sharpe shows that investment professionals cannot make good portfolio choices unless they understand the determinants of asset prices. But until now asset-price analysis has largely been inaccessible to everyone except PhDs in financial economics. In this book, Sharpe changes that by setting out his state-of-the-art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asymmetric Returns</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/14/asymmetric-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/10/14/asymmetric-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 22:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Asymmetric Returns
Author: Alexander Ineichen
Published: October 2006
From Publisher: In Asymmetric Returns, financial expert Alexander Ineichen elevates the critical discussion about alpha versus beta and absolute returns versus relative returns. He argues that controlling downside volatility is a key element in asset management if sustainable positive compounding of capital and financial survival are major objectives. Achieving sustainable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handbook of Alternative Assets</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/14/handbook-of-alternative-assets/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/09/14/handbook-of-alternative-assets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Fund Industry Trends]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Handbook of Alternative Assets
Author: Mark Anson
Published: September 2006 (2nd edition)
From Publisher: Since the first edition of the Handbook of Alternative Assets was published, significant events—from the popping of the technology bubble and massive accounting scandals to recessions and bear markets—have shifted the financial landscape. These changes have provided author Mark J. P. Anson with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/02/14/evaluating-hedge-fund-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2006/02/14/evaluating-hedge-fund-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 23:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Performance, Analytics & Metrics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Evaluating Hedge Fund Performance
Author: Vinh Tran, (Forward by Thomas Schneeweis)
Published: February 2006
From Publisher: Tran gives readers the information they need to construct an efficient hedge fund portfolio based on their own level of knowledge. From evaluating hedge funds to picking the winners, Dr. Tran covers some of the most important issues related to this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unconventional Success</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2005/08/14/uncoventional-success/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2005/08/14/uncoventional-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2005 23:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Unconventional Success
Author: David Swensen
Published: August 2005
From Publisher: Swensen offers incontrovertible evidence that the for-profit mutual-fund industry consistently fails the average investor. From excessive management fees to the frequent &#8220;churning&#8221; of portfolios, the relentless pursuit of profits by mutual-fund management companies harms individual clients. Perhaps most destructive of all are the hidden schemes that limit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intelligent Hedge Fund Investing</title>
		<link>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2004/07/14/intelligent-hedge-fund-investing/</link>
		<comments>http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2004/07/14/intelligent-hedge-fund-investing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2004 23:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha Male</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Institutional Investing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Title: Intelligent Hedge Fund Investing
Author: Barry Schachter
Published: 2004
From Publisher: Presents cutting-edge research on hedge funds with broad coverage of investing, risk management and portfolio allocation and in-depth analysis on a variety of topics including VaR estimation, illiquidity and dynamic investment strategies.  Explores important differences between approaches to hedge funds and standard investment choices.  Gain a [...]]]></description>
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