Jack D. Schwager

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Jack D. Schwager
Born1948 [1]
Occupation(s)Author, Investment manager [2]

Jack Schwager (born 1948) [3] 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). [4] [5] 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. [6]

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Biography

He holds a BA in Economics from Brooklyn College (1970) and an MA in Economics from Brown University (1971). [7]

He is currently the co-portfolio manager for the ADM Investor Services Diversified Strategies Fund, a portfolio of futures and FX managed accounts. [8] He is also an adviser to Catalytic Investment Group Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based fund management company, for their multi-manager multi-strategy fund. [9] 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. [10] 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. [11]

He has written extensively on the futures industry and great traders in all financial markets. [12] 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). [13] The latest book in the series, Hedge Fund Market Wizards, was released in May 2012. [14] Jack's first book, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets (1984) is considered to be one of the classic reference works in the field. [15]

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References

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  4. ↑ "Schwager, Jack D. 1948-". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  5. ↑ "Jack D. Schwager". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  6. ↑ Schwager, Jack D.; Seykota, Ed (2012-04-25). Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win (1st ed.). Wiley.
  7. ↑ "Harriman House". harriman-house.com. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  8. ↑ Elearnmarkets. "Hedge Fund Market Wizard by Jack Schwager : Book Summary". Elearnmarkets. Retrieved 2023-08-19.
  9. ↑ "Jack Schwager - Investor Profile • World Top Investors". World Top Investors. 2018-01-15. Retrieved 2023-08-29.
  10. ↑ Schwager, Jack D. (2016-05-04). Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-1-118-53871-5.
  11. ↑ "Jack Schwager" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "About JS – Jack Schwager" . Retrieved 2023-09-02.
  13. ↑ "Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win (a review)". doi:10.2469/br.v8.n1.10 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  14. ↑ DL, Dr Vikas Shah MBE (2012-06-01). "The Secrets of The World's Greatest Traders". Thought Economics. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  15. ↑ "Jack Schwager – HarperCollins".

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