Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine - October 2008 - (Page 38)

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Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine - October 2008 Contents Letter from the Editor Longs & Shorts Pension Corner: Process of Evolution The Good Guys: Israel's Champion Interview: Fast Lessons for Hard Times Cover Story: Industry Under Siege The New Hedge Fund Economics Good-Bye, Easy Money Caging the Shorts Strategies: Bottom Fishing Profile: Cult of Personalities Research Center: Alpha Awards: Eye of the Storm Alpha Bytes: Funneling the Chatter Unhedged: Commentary: Attention, Hedge Fund Shoppers

Institutional Investor's Alpha Magazine - October 2008

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