The Greatest Trades of All Time : Top Traders Making Big Profits from the Crash of 1929 to Today
Author(s): Vincent W. Veneziani
How top traders made huge profits during the most momentous market events of the past century Financial and commodity markets are characterized by periodic crashes and upside explosions. In retrospect, the reasons behind these abrupt movements often seem very clear, but generally few people understand what's happening at the time. Top traders and investors like George Soros or Jesse Livermore have stood apart from the crowd and capitalized on their unique insights to capture huge profits. Engaging and informative, The Greatest Trades of All Time chronicles how a select few traders anticipated market eruptions from the 1929 stock market crash to the 2008 subprime mortgage meltdown and positioned themselves to excel while a majority of others failed. Along the way, author Vincent Veneziani describes the economic and financial forces that led to each market cataclysm and how these individuals perceived what was happening beforehand and why they decided to place big bets, often at great risk and in opposition to consensus opinion at the time.
Traders discussed include George Soros, Jesse Livermore, Paul Tudor Jones, John Templeton, and John Paulson Provide contemporary traders and investors with insights on how great traders make great trades Offers insights on market forecasting, mass psychology, and the importance of personal conviction in trading At a time when many investors are looking to the past for answers to the future, this book brings important historical moments in the financial markets to life.
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Vincent Veneziani is a trader and writer on markets, financial news, hedge funds, and??economics for financial publisher Markets Media. He has also appeared on CNBC, Russia Today, and the BBC as a commentator. Previously, Veneziani worked at Business Insider covering Wall Street and the economy. He has also written in the past for Gawker Media, AOL, the New York Daily News, Popular Mechanics, and TechCrunch. Veneziani currently resides in New York City.
Acknowledgments. About the Author. Introduction. Chapter 1 Timing is Everything (J. Kyle Bass). The Back Story. A Few Definitions. Kyle Asks Why. Learning from the Past. Shorting Subprime Loans. The Best Position. The Effects of Abuse. Who Was Watching? Recreating Bass's Trading Strategies. Bass's Top Traits. Chapter 2 The Real King of Enron (James Chanos). Enter Enron. Really Looking at Enron. The Best Position. Recreating Chanos's Trading Strategies. A More Recent Example. Chanos's Top Traits. Chapter 3 Legendary Global Macro Trader (Paul Tudor Jones II). Following a Genius. The Path of Greatness. Knowing All the Markets. More Keys to Jones's Success. Success beyond Trading. Recreating Jones's Trading Strategies. Jones's Top Traits. Chapter 4 Legendary Mutual Fund Manager (John Templeton). What Made Templeton Famous. Templeton's Life before Investing. Templeton's Big Move. Looking to the Future, and the Templeton Growth Fund. Recreating Templeton's Trading Strategies. Templeton's Top Traits. Chapter 5 Legendary Speculator (Jesse Livermore). Livermore's History. At Home in New York. Livermore's Tragic End. An Example of Livermore's Influence Today. Recreating Livermore's Trading Strategies. Livermore's Top Traits. Chapter 6 The Greatest Trade of All Time (John Paulson). Paulson's Early Career. The Greatest Trade. Recreating Paulson's Trading Strategies. Paulson's Top Traits. Chapter 7 From Humble Beginnings to World Trader (George Soros). Soros's Famous Trades. The Hardships of a Trading Genius. Going to School in London. Work in New York. Joining the Big Leagues. Finding Himself. Crashing from Success. A New Protege. Onto the World Stage. A Conflicted Mind. A New Era. Recreating Soros's Trading Strategies. Soros's Top Traits. Chapter 8 A Company's Worst Nightmare (David Einhorn). Allied Is Not an Ally. Lucky Lehman. The Great Beyond. Recreating Einhorn's Trading Strategies. Einhorn's Top Traits. Chapter 9 From Amateur to Superstar (Martin Schwartz). Start Small, Go Big. Trading like a Rock Star. Winding Down. Recreating Schwartz's Trading Strategies. Schwartz's Top Traits. Chapter 10 Master of Energy (John Arnold). Success at Enron. Centaurus Energy. The Explosion. Recreating Arnold's Trading Strategies. Arnold's Top Traits. Chapter 11 More Great Trades (Phillip Falcone, David Tepper, Andrew Hall, Greg Lippmann). Phillip Falcone. Recreating Falcone's Trading Strategies. David Tepper. Recreating Tepper's Trading Strategies. Andrew Hall. Recreating Hall's Trading Strategies. Greg Lippman. Recreating Lippmann's Trading Strategies. In Summary. Notes. Glossary of Terms. References. Helpful Websites. Index.
General Fields
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- : John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- : John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- : 0.368
- : 31 July 2011
- : 235mm X 160mm X 18mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 November 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Vincent W. Veneziani
- : Hardback
- : 332.633280922
- : 192
- : Illustrations