Steve Cohen is an American investor and the co-founder of S.A.C. Capital Advisors. Cohen is famous for two things: an outstanding track record in managing money and for indirectly being charged with insider trading (his fund S.A.C. Capital Advisors pleaded guilty). He was interviewed in Jack Schwager’s Stock Market Wizards. This article looks very briefly…
This post is about Steve Watson who appeared in Jack Schwager’s Stock Market Wizards. Watson has not been much in the public, and we know very little about his career after the year 2000 (when the Schwager interview was made). Steve Watson focuses mainly on small caps and has earned his nickname “small cap Steve”….
Stanley Druckenmiller is an American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He was the former chairman and president of Duquesne Capital, which he founded in 1981. Druckenmiller is famous, arguably because he spent many years working for George Soros. Stanley Druckenmiller was interviewed in Jack Schwager’s New Market Wizards. The quotes that end this article…
Dana Galante is an American investor and stock trader. She is the managing director of Miramar Asset Management, where she helps her investors to balance their long stock investments. Dana was a short seller; she profited when stocks in her portfolio declined and lost when the price rose. She had an average 15% per annum…
Van K. Tharp is an American investor and #1 New York Times bestseller of Financial Freedom Through Electronic Day Trading and Safe Strategies for Financial Freedom: The Definitive Guide to Position Sizing™ Strategies. He is the president of Van Tharp Institute. Dr. Tharp stands out as an international leader in professional coaching and consulting. His…
Thomas F. Basso, Tom Basso for short, is an American hedge fund manager. He was interviewed in New Market Wizards by Jack Schwager. The title of this article is the same as Schwager used in his book. This article looks very briefly at the trading career of Basso, and we end the article by taking…
Richard Driehaus was an American investor, fund manager, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Driehaus Capital Management, LLC, based in Chicago. He is regarded as one of the first turtle traders and was interviewed in the New Market Wizards by Jack Schwager. The 50 best trading quotes Richard Driehaus early life and…
Steve Clark is an American investor, founder, and Head of Risk at Omni Partners, LLP. He served as Director, Head of International Equity Trading, and Director, Co-Head Proprietary Trading at NatWest Markets and Nomura Securities, respectively, between the years 1991 to 1997. Also, Clark was the director of Hartford Asset Management Limited from 2000 to…
Michael Steinhardt is an American investor, philanthropist, and hedge fund manager. He founded the hedge fund, Steinhardt Partners in 1967. The hedge fund made an average annualized return of 24.5% for its client from 1967 to 1995. As a result of his stellar track record, he was interviewed in Jack Schwager’s Market Wizards. Surprisingly, after…
Michael Marcus is a commodity trader reputed to have turned his initial capital of $30,000 into $80 million in less than 20 years. He was the first to be interviewed in Jack Schwager’s series about Market Wizards. In this article, we look at Micheal Marcus’ life and career and end the article by listing some…
