The greatest trades of all time : top traders making big profits from the Crash of 1929 to today / Vincent W. Veneziani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Veneziani, Vincent W., 1986-

Series:

Wiley trading ; 483.

Wiley trading ; 483

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Speculation--History.

Speculation.

Stocks--History.

Stocks.

Stockholders--History.

Stockholders.

Business cycles--History.

Business cycles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Top traders making big profits from the Crash of 1929 to today

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 a

Contents:

The GreatestTrades ofAll Time; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 J. Kyle Bass: Timing Is Everything; The Back Story; A Few Definitions; Bass Asks Why; Learning from the Past; Shorting Subprime Loans; The Best Position; The Effects of Abuse; Who Was Watching?; Re-creating Bass's Trading Strategies; Bass's Top Traits; CHAPTER 2 James Chanos: The Real King of Enron; Enter Enron; Really Looking at Enron; The Best Position; Recreating Chanos's Trading Strategies; A More Recent Example; Chanos's Top Traits

CHAPTER 3 Paul Tudor Jones II: Legendary Global Macro TraderFollowing a Genius; The Path of Greatness; Starting Out; Knowing All the Markets; Global Macro Trading; Elliot Wave Theory; More Keys to Jones's Success; Success beyond Trading; Recreating Jones's Trading Strategies; Jones's Top Traits; CHAPTER 4 John Templeton: Legendary Mutual Fund Manager; What Made Templeton Famous; Templeton's Life before Investing; Educational Aspirations; The Married Life; Templeton's Big Move; Back to New York; Looking to the Future, and the Templeton Growth Fund; Templeton's Second Marriage and Fund

The BahamasRecreating Templeton's Trading Strategies; Templeton's Top Traits; CHAPTER 5 Jesse Livermore: Legendary Speculator; Livermore's History; At Home in New York; Fame and Fortune; The Panic of 1907; The Crash of 1929; Livermore's Tragic End; An Example of Livermore's Influence Today; Recreating Livermore's Trading Strategies; Livermore's Top Traits; CHAPTER 6 John Paulson: The Greatest Trade of All Time; Paulson's Early Career; Paulson & Co.; The Greatest Trade; Recreating Paulson's Trading Strategies; Paulson's Top Traits; CHAPTER 7 George Soros: From Humble Beginnings to World Trader

Soros's Famous TradesThe 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 Protégé; Onto the World Stage; The Backlash; A Conflicted Mind; A New Era; Recreating Soros's Trading Strategies; Soros's Top Traits; CHAPTER 8 David Einhorn: A Company's Worst Nightmare; Allied Is Not an Ally; Lucky Lehman; The Great Beyond; Recreating Einhorn's Trading Strategies; Einhorn's Top Traits; CHAPTER 9 Martin Schwartz: From Amateur to Superstar; Start Small, Go Big; Trading Like a Rock Star; Winding Down

Recreating Schwartz's Trading StrategiesSchwartz's Top Traits; CHAPTER 10 John Arnold: Master of Energy; Success at Enron; Centaurus Energy; The Explosion; Recreating Arnold's Trading Strategies; Crude Oil; Natural Gas; 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 Lippmann; Recreating Lippmann's Trading Strategies; In Summary; Notes; Glossary; References

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Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613273840

9781119200482

1119200482

9781118134641

1118134648

9781283273848

1283273845

9781118134627

1118134621

OCLC:

759966566