Robert Carver is an independent investor, trader and writer. He spent over a decade working in the City of London before retiring from the industry in 2013. Robert initially traded exotic derivative products for Barclays Investment Bank and then worked as a portfolio manager for AHL one of the world s largest hedge funds before, during and after the global financial meltdown of 2008. He was responsible for the creation of AHL s fundamental global macro strategy, and then managed the fund s multi-billion dollar fixed income portfolio. Robert has Bachelors and Masters degrees in Economics. He manages his own portfolio of equities, funds and futures using the methods you can find in his books.