Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1118273044 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 544 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Fascinating insights into the hedge fund traders who consistently outperform the markets, in their own wordsFrom bestselling author, investment expert, and Wall Street theoretician Jack Schwager comes a behind-the-scenes look at the world of hedge funds, from fifteen traders who've consistently beaten the markets. Exploring what makes a great trader a great trader, Hedge Fund Market Wizards breaks new ground, giving readers rare insight into the trading philosophy and successful methods employed by some of the most profitable individuals in the hedge fund business.Presents exclusive interviews with fifteen of the most successful hedge fund traders and what they've learned over the course of their careersIncludes interviews with Jamie Mai, Joel Greenblatt, Michael Platt, Ray Dalio, Colm O’Shea, Ed Thorp, and many moreExplains forty key lessons for tradersJoins Stock Market Wizards,New Market Wizards, and Market Wizards as the fourth installment of investment guru Jack Schwager's acclaimed bestselling series of interviews with stock market expertsA candid assessment of each trader's successes and failures, in their own words, the book shows readers what they can learn from ea
long term trading, large capital or small, or technical vs. From 1988 to 2000, he also served as Lead Portfolio Manager of the Quantum Fund and Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management (1989-2000) where he had overall responsibility for funds with a peak asset value of $22 billion.. The book will have strong appeal to three main audiences; those managing capital professionally, those evaluating professional money managers, and those readers who want to manage their own money more effectively. By exemplifying these traits in a number of managers with seemingly different investment philosophies, whether it be short term vs. The fact that markets and the money management industry have gone through tumultuous change makes the central message of the book all the more powerfulthat the key ingredients to successful performance are timeless and true in radically different environments. Those ingredients, an appreciation for the balance of risk versus reward in a trade, discipline,
"More great insights continuing the series' excellence" according to John Forman. Before I get into my thoughts on Hedge Fund Market Wizards, I think sharing the author's own words will go a long way toward establishing expectations for the book as I've found that those few folks who have panned the series have only really done so because they went into reading the books with a mistaken view of what they would get."Readers who are looking for some secret formula that will provide them with an easy way to beat the markets are looking in the wrong p. If you have that under your belt then this is a great read. Consistent theme with these successful traders - Zach Martin For the most part you should have at least a solid high-level understanding of options trading strategies for this book to be valuable. If you have that under your belt then this is a great read. Consistent theme with these successful traders - reward to risk ratio weighted heavily towards reward and a huge emphasis on protecting the downside - principles investors at any level can learn from.. Mercenary Trader said The Series that Launched a Thousand Funds. I owe Jack Schwager. It was the original "Market Wizards," stumbled across in the mid-1990s, that really opened my eyes to trading.I had previously discovered "the Investment Biker," by Jim Rogers, and knew I wanted to forego a life in academia and pursue markets. William J. O Neil's "How to Make Money in Stocks" then convinced me to intern at a stock brokerage (Raymond James) my last two college summers. But it was "Market Wizards," and after that "Methods of a Wall