Private Equity/Venture Capital/Hedge Funds/Alternative Investments 

Check out the following sources to understand more about what hedge funds are, how they work, and investment strategies.

The Hedge Fund Association: The Basics
Discusses key characteristics and misconceptions about hedge funds, strategies, and more. The HFA also provides free access to articles and book about hedge funds.

The A,B,Cs of Hedge Funds: Alphas, Betas and Costs, 2006

Dynamics of Fund of Hedge Funds: Flow, Size and Performances, 2007 (Ibbotson)

Implications of the Growth of Hedge Funds (SEC, Sept. 2003)
Background on the development of hedge funds, definitions of terminology, explanations of different forms, management and regulatory practices.

Hedge Funds with Style (Stephen J. Brown, William N. Goetzmann, NBER, March 2001)
The popular perception is that hedge funds follow a reasonably well defined market-neutral investment style. This paper studies the monthly return history of hedge funds over the period 1989 through to January 2000 and reports on the performance of various styles of hedge fund management.

Articles

Hedge Funds Articles
Bibliography with links to academic articles about hedge fund investment strategies.

Hedge Funds Bubbling Over? (Daniel P. Collins, Futures: News, Analysis & Strategies for Futures, Options & Derivatives Traders , August 2002)
Provides an overview of various hedge fund indices and strategies. Available in Business Source Premier .

Books

The Hedge Fund Handbook: A Definitive Guide to Analyzing and Evaluating Alternative Investments (Stefano Lavinio)
Goizueta Business Library: HG4530 .L364 2000

The Hedge Fund Edge: Maximum Profit/Minimum Risk. Global Trend Trading Strategies (Mark Boucher)
Goizueta Business Library: HG4530 .B68 1999