Damsel in Distressed: My Life in the Golden Age of Hedge Funds

The hedge fund industry is a boys' club, with hardly any female success stories to turn to. Damsel in Distressed is one of those rare, humorous, and inspiring stories.

In 1998, Dominique Mielle joined Canyon Partners--a small, little-known hedge fund. The job was trading distressed securities and high yield bonds, known back then, respectively, as vulture investing and junk bonds.

Over the span of two decades, she rose to the top of the firm as the only female partner and senior portfolio manager--in what became one of the largest hedge funds in the U.S. Damsel in Distressed explores the innerworkings of hedge funds while exposing what it takes to succeed as a woman investor.

"Damsel in Distressed is an often-hilarious romp through the jungles of high finance...I suspect it will become a classic of the genre." --Wall Street Journal

Author: Dominique Mielle
Publisher: Post Hill Press
Published: 09/07/2021
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781642939729
ISBN10: 1642939722
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Investments & Securities | Analysis & Trading Strategies
- Business & Economics | Finance | Wealth Management
- Business & Economics | Women in Business

About the Author
One of the only senior women in the hedge fund business, Dominique Mielle spent twenty years as a partner and senior portfolio manager at Canyon Capital, a $25 billion fund. In 2017, she was named one of the "Top 50 Women in Hedge Funds" by Ernst & Young.