Alpha Magazine Publishes Their Own List of Top Hedge Fund Rainmakers

First Trader Monthly published its top list of traders, which just so happened to be traders at hedge funds, and now Alpha Magazine has entered the fray with its own list. DealBook has coverage of the topic of hedge fund managers becoming overnight billionaires. Here is the link to the Alpha Magazine article.

Economist Covers Credit Derivatives Market

Great overview of the Credit Derivatives Market

Most Recent ChiBus Column

Here is my most recent ChiBus column.

Clear Channel's Tussle - Shareholders May Win

The Clear Channel Buyout rages on, even with an increased bid from Bain and TH Lee. Shareholders seem to continue to disapprove of the $39 offer price. Barron's writes that shareholders want $42 and will vote down the deal at $39.

Great Profile of T. Boone Pickens

Great column from new biz mag Portfolio on T. Boone.

Conde Nast's Portfolio Magazine

New Business Magazine/Website - Conde Nast's Portfolio Magazine.

Blood in the Streets?

Lender relationships could turn into a witch hunt at universities.

Site allows users to track disasters real-time

Check it out here.

NY Magazine Covers Hedge Funds

Great summary of hedge funds.

Latest ChiBus Column

My latest ChiBus column is here.

Fortune speculates on other hedge funds that may go public

Following Fortress' successful IPO, is the alternative investment Company IPO the "next big thing?" Blackstone is along the way and Fortune is speculating that other alternative investment shops may be going public.

Google's Latest Initiative: Targeted TV Advertising

Google continues to be an innovator, this time in a television advertising initiative.

Google has partnered with EchoStar to create an automated system for buying, selling, delivering and measuring the impact of TV ads running on EchoStar's national, 125-channel Dish Network.


"The system allows ad buyers to target customers by geographic or demographic groups down to audiences as small as a dozen viewers, officials said. No information on individual viewing habits is available, only aggregate, anonymous data."

InstantBull - Allows You to Track All the Message Boards For One Stock

Check out InstantBull.

BusinessWeek had a column on it in its most recent issue.

Summarizing the Trib Deal

Gawker does a great job providing resources to breaking down the Tribune Deal.