Daniel A. Strachman is Managing Director of Answers Company, a New York-based money management firm that offers investment management services to individuals and institutions. Mr. Strachman is also the editor of The Strachman Report, a bi-monthly newsletter focused on the benefits of long-term investment strategies. For the last eight years, he has worked in many capacities on Wall Street, including product development, marketing and sales focused in and around the money management industry. Mr. Strachman has contributed many articles on investment management and strategies to publications such as the New York Post and the Financial Times. He is also the author of Getting Started in Hedge Funds (Wiley) and Essential Stock Picking Strategies (Wiley).?Strachman lives in New York, NY.

Introduction xiii

Chapter 1: Making Money in Metals 1

Chapter 2: The Birth of a Tiger 15

Chapter 3: A Southerner on Wall Street 29

Chapter 4: The Tiger Finds New Hunting Grounds 43

Chapter 5: The Tiger Begins to Growl 51

Chapter 6: The Crash of 1987 77

Chapter 7: The Dawn of a New Era 103

Chapter 8: The Tiger Tangles with the Press 125

Chapter 9: The Peak and the Fall 153

Chapter 10: The Press Dissects the Tiger 173

Chapter 11: The Tiger Cubs 189

Chapter 12: Lessons Learned from the Tiger 205

Chapter 13: Noblesse Oblige 233

Appendix 251

Notes 255

Index 265