The Shipping Man - by Matthew McCleery (Paperback)
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Highlights
- When restless New York City hedge fund manager Robert Fairchild watches the Baltic Dry Cargo Index plunge 97%, registering an all-time high and a 25-year low within the span of just six months, he decides to buy a ship.
- Author(s): Matthew McCleery
- 310 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Action & Adventure
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About the Book
When Robert Fairchild watches the Baltic Dry Cargo Index plunge 97%, he decides to buy a ship. Part fast-paced thriller, part ship finance text book, The Shipping Man is required reading for anyone interested in capital formation for shipping.
Book Synopsis
When restless New York City hedge fund manager Robert Fairchild watches the Baltic Dry Cargo Index plunge 97%, registering an all-time high and a 25-year low within the span of just six months, he decides to buy a ship. Immediately fantasizing about naming a vessel after his wife, carrying a string of worry beads and being able to introduce himself as a "shipowner" at his upcoming college reunion, Fairchild immediately embarks on an odyssey into the most exclusive, glamorous and high stakes business in the world. From pirates off the coast of Somalia and on Wall Street to Greek and Norwegian shipping magnates, the education of Robert Fairchild is an expensive one. In the end, he loses his hedge fund, but he gains a life - as a Shipping Man. Part fast-paced thriller, part ship finance text book, The Shipping Man is required reading for anyone with an interest in capital formation for shipping.
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Robert Fairchild is suddenly a hot name on Wall Street. Fairchild, the hero of the 2011 novel The Shipping Man, is a New York hedge fund manager who becomes so captivated by wild swings in freight rates that he buys a dry cargo carrier and sets off on an adventure, leading to run-ins with Somali pirates and Greek tycoons.-Bloomberg