STUART A. McCRARY is a Principal at Chicago Partners, a division of Navigant Consulting, Inc. He is a trader and portfolio manager who specializes in traditional and alternative investments, quantitative valuation, risk management, and financial software. Prior to joining Chicago Partners, McCrary was president of Frontier Asset Management, managing a market-neutral hedge fund. He also held positions with Fenchurch Capital Management as a senior options trader and CS First Boston as vice president and market maker of over-the-counter options. Prior to that, McCrary was a vice president with the Securities Groups and a portfolio manager with Comerica Bank. McCrary has published three previous books with Wiley: Mastering Financial Accounting Essentials, How to Create and Manage a Hedge Fund, and Hedge Fund Course.