Jack Schwager (born 1948)[1] is a trader and author. His books include Market Wizards (1989), The New Market Wizards (1992), Stock Market Wizards (2001) and Unknown Market Wizards: The best traders you've never heard of (2020).[3][2] He is a well-known author, fund manager and an industry expert in futures and hedge funds. He's published a number of books, such as Market Wizards.[4]
Jack D. Schwager | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Investment manager[2] |
Biography
editHe holds a BA in Economics from Brooklyn College (1970) and an MA in Economics from Brown University (1971).[5]
He is currently the co-portfolio manager for the ADM Investor Services Diversified Strategies Fund, a portfolio of futures and FX managed accounts.[6] He is also an adviser to Catalytic Investment Group Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based fund management company, for their multi-manager multi-strategy fund.[7] Previously, he was a partner in the Fortune Group, a London-based hedge fund advisory firm, which specialized in creating customized hedge fund portfolios for institutional clients.[8] His prior experience includes 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street's leading firms and 10 years as the co-principal of a CTA.[9]
He has written extensively on the futures industry and great traders in all financial markets.[10] He is perhaps best known for his best-selling series of interviews with the greatest hedge fund managers of the last two decades: Market Wizards (1989), The New Market Wizards (1992), and Stock Market Wizards (2001).[11] The fourth book in the series, Hedge Fund Market Wizards, was released in May 2012.[12]
Schwager's first book, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets (1984) is considered to be one of the classic reference works in the field.[13]
Books
edit| Name of Book | Year Published | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets | 1984 | |
| Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders | 1989 | 5 volume series: Book 1 of 5 |
| The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders | 1992 | 5 volume series: Book 2 of 5 |
| Schwager on Futures: Consisting of Fundamental Analysis | 1995 | 3 volume series: Book 1 of 3 |
| Schwager On Futures: Technical Analysis | 1996 | 3 volume series: Book 2 of 3 |
| Schwager on Futures: Managed Trading | 1996 | 3 volume series: Book 3 of 3 |
| Getting Started in Technical Analysis | 1999 | |
| Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders | 2001 | 5 volume series: Book 3 of 5 |
| Market Sense And Nonsense: How The Markets Really Work (And How They Don’t) | 2012 | |
| Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win | 2012 | 5 volume series: Book 4 of 5 |
| The Little Book Of Market Wizards: Lessons From The Greatest Traders | 2014 | Series: Little Books. Big Profits |
| Unknown Market Wizards: The Best Traders You’ve Never Heard Of | 2020 | 5 volume series: Book 5 of 5 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Schwager, Jack D. 1948- | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ a b "Jack D. Schwager". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
- ^ "Schwager, Jack D. 1948-". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
- ^ Schwager, Jack D.; Seykota, Ed (2012-04-25). Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win (1st ed.). Wiley.
- ^ "Harriman House". harriman-house.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
- ^ Elearnmarkets. "Hedge Fund Market Wizard by Jack Schwager : Book Summary". Elearnmarkets. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
- ^ "Jack Schwager - Investor Profile • World Top Investors". World Top Investors. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
- ^ Schwager, Jack D. (2016-05-04). Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-53871-5.
- ^ "Jack Schwager" (PDF).
- ^ "About JS – Jack Schwager". Retrieved 2023-09-02.
- ^ "Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win (a review)". Financial Analysts Journal. doi:10.2469/br.v8.n1.10 (inactive 1 November 2024).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ DL, Dr Vikas Shah MBE (2012-06-01). "The Secrets of The World's Greatest Traders". Thought Economics. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
- ^ "Jack Schwager – HarperCollins".
Further reading
edit- Mallaby, Sebastian (2010). More Money Than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite.
- Schwager, Jack D. (1995). The New Market Wizards (New ed.). Wiley. ISBN 0-471-13236-5.
External links
edit- Video interview with Opalesque TV
- Podcast interview with IG Group