Doug Kass On The Market: A Life On Thestreet

What are the most important things an investor needs to know when evaluating a prospective company? What questions do fund managers ask in meetings with the C-Suite that the lay shareholder won't ever learn? How do you short a stock properly without losing your shirt? These are a few of the most pressing questions investors must consider when approaching a potential buy or sell position. With insights culled from 15 years of experience writing for The Street, this book will help you make smarter investment decisions.

Organized by topic, Kass' book on the markets will distill years of knowledge as a hedge fund manager and infamous short seller for savvy investors. Sharing anecdotes on his interactions with Wall Street's most famous names, from Buffett to Cramer to Cooperman, Kass will highlight tricks of the trade, essential value investor insight, and the secret to being a smart short.

Topics include:

• Shorting like a pro
• Valuation
• Going against the grain
• Bubbles
• Bear investing
• Data versus instinct
• Momentum
• Interest rates, inflation, and the Fed

DOUG KASS is the president of Seabreeze Partners Management Inc. From 1994 to 1996, he was a senior portfolio manager at Omega Advisors, a $10 billion investment partnership. Formerly, he was executive senior vice president and director of institutional equities of First Albany Corporation and JW Charles/CSG. He was a General Partner of Glickenhaus & Co., and held various positions with Putnam Management and Kidder, Peabody. Doug is the coauthor of Citibank: The Ralph Nader Report with Nader and the Center for the Study of Responsive Law, and since 2003 he has been a guest host on CNBC's Squawk Box. He has an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.