Doug Kass on the Market (ePub)

Build a bulletproof portfolio with advice from a top market
expert

Doug Kass on the Market: A Life on TheStreet(TM)
provides investment advice and guidance from one of the most
renowned traders in the world. Author Doug Kass distills his years
of experience as a hedge fund manager and infamous short seller to
share the theory, technique, and intuition that built his
reputation and his portfolio. Anecdotes about interactions with
Wall Street's most famous names, including Buffett, Cramer, and
Cooperman, highlight tricks of the trade, essential value investor
insight, and the secrets to being a smart short.

Doug Kass's reputation as a savvy investor is well-earned and
widely recognized. His work on Wall Street gained him heavyweight
status, and the friendship, the respect, and the ear of some of the
biggest names in finance. As a CNBC regular and 2013 Buffet Bear,
Kass is widely known as a trusted source of wisdom and profitable
insight. In Doug Kass on the Market, readers learn valuable
lessons that that will help them make smarter investment decisions.
Kass lists the most important things to know when evaluating a
possible long or short investment, and explains the things you're
not doing to optimize your portfolio. Topics include:

* Going against the grain

* Data versus instinct

* Valuation, bubbles, and momentum

* Interest rates, inflation, and the Fed

The book also describes how to short a stock properly without
losing out and discusses the C-suite conversations that fund
managers would never tell a lay shareholder. Kass's record proves
the value of his acumen, and this book contains a comprehensive
account of his talent and techniques. All investors deserve a
chance at a more robust portfolio, and Doug Kass on the
Market provides the information and guidance that can make that
happen.