Jack D. Schwager
Trader and author (born 1948)
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Jack Schwager (born 1948)[1] is a financial 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).[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.[3]
Biography
He holds a BA in Economics from Brooklyn College (1970) and an MA in Economics from Brown University (1971).[4]
He is currently the co-portfolio manager for the ADM Investor Services Diversified Strategies Fund, a portfolio of futures and FX managed accounts.[5] He is also an adviser to Catalytic Investment Group Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based fund management company, for their multi-manager multi-strategy fund.[6] 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.[7] 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 Commodity Trading Advisor.[8]
He has written extensively on the futures industry and great traders in all financial markets.[9] 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).[10] The fourth book in the series, Hedge Fund Market Wizards, was released in May 2012.[11]
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.[12]
Books
| 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 |