Description: This seventh installation of the Market Wizards series provides trading strategies, case studies, and wisdom from the best young traders in the world.
Brief description:
Jack D. Schwager is a recognized industry expert on futures and hedge funds, and the author of the iconic Market Wizards series in which he interviewed many of the trading legends of our time. His most recent work in the series is Market Wizards: The Next Generation. Previous books in the series include: Market Wizards, The New Market Wizards, Stock Market Wizards, Hedge Fund Market Wizards, The Little Book of Market Wizards, and Unknown Market Wizards. His other books include the revised edition of A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets, Market Sense and Nonsense, Getting Started in Technical Analysis, and the three-volume Schwager on Futures series.
Schwager is a Co-founder and Chief Research Officer of FundSeeder, a firm that seeks to find undiscovered trading talent worldwide via its trader platform. His prior experience also includes 10 years as a partner in a hedge fund advisory firm and 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street's leading firms, most recently Prudential Securities. Schwager is a frequent seminar speaker and has lectured on a range of analytical topics including the characteristics of great traders, investment fallacies, hedge fund portfolios, managed accounts, technical analysis, and trading system evaluation. He holds a BA in Economics from Brooklyn College and an MA in Economics from Brown University.Review Quotes:
"I expected to like it. I ended up loving it. Compelling and essential reading for anyone wanting to embrace risk every day." --Tom Hougaard, author, Best Loser Wins
"I devour everything Schwager writes. His books have inspired a generation of interviews with the world's top investors." --Barry Ritholtz, Bestselling author, How Not to Invest "The Market Wizards series offers a rare window into how the best traders actually think and live. This new chapter may be the most compelling yet." --Chris Camillo, Investor and co-host, Dumb Money Live "Jack Schwager is a great storyteller and I always find fresh insights reading his interviews. The Next Generation continues the great Market Wizards tradition." --Dmitry Balyasny, Balyasny Asset Management "Market Wizards: The Next Generation is the latest triumph in Jack Schwager's legendary series - the most comprehensive archive of in-depth, first-hand interviews with the world's most successful market speculators. Jack Schwager has once again delivered an unparalleled resource - one that will inspire and educate for years to come." --Peter Brandt, author, Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader "Praise for Unknown Market Wizards Jack Schwager has done it again . . . fascinating and insightful." --Edward O. Thorp, Author, A Man for All Markets "Trading wisdom is sprinkled throughout like gold dust. How did these traders achieve such remarkable results? Jack Schwager describes it all in this wonderfully readable and insightful addition to the Market Wizards series." --Joel Greenblatt, Managing Principal, Gotham Asset Management "I tell anyone interested in the market to read anything ever written by Jack Schwager." --JC Parets, Founder, Allstarcharts.com "Jack Schwager is a master at using interviews to create incredible stories that unveil the secrets of the world's best traders in a way that is approachable to novices and experts alike." --Raoul Pal, CEO and co-founder, Real Vision Group "Jack Schwager gets traders to open up. What about the unknown traders we never hear about? This book answers that question and gives rock solid inspiration we can all take to the bank." --Michael Covel, Author, Trend Following and TurtleTrader "Traders can learn a lot from these Market Wizards." --Howard Lindzon, co-founder, stockTwits