100 Minds That Made the Market

Kenneth L. Fisher 지음

Wiley 2010년 05월 27일 출간

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Introducing the new Fisher Investment Series, comprised of engaging and informative titles written by renowned money manager and bestselling author Ken Fisher. This series offers essential insights into the worlds of investing and finance.Over the course of nearly two centuries, the innovations, mistakes, and scandals of different market participants have played an important role in shaping today's financial markets. Now, in 100 Minds That Made the Market, Ken Fisher delivers cameo biographies of these pioneers of American financial history. From Joe Kennedy's quot;sexcapadesquot; to Jesse Livermore's suicide, this book details the drama, the dirt, and the financial principles of an amazingly inventive group of financial minds. Fisher digs deep to uncover the careers, personal lives, and contributions of these individuals, and leads you through the lessons that can be learned from each one. Here you have 100 of the best teachers -- some you already know, some you will feel you know, and some you may not have previously discovered -- whose experiences will undoubtedly enhance your understanding of the markets.With a few pages dedicated to each person, 100 Minds That Made the Market quickly captures the essence of the people and ideas that have influenced the evolution of the financial industry.

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Preface.Acknowlegments.Foreword.Introduction.CHAPTER ONE: The Dinosaurs.MAYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD: Out of the Ghetto and into the Limelight.NATHAN ROTHSCHILD: When Cash Became King&-and Credit Became Prime Minister.STEPHEN GIRARD: The First Richest Man in America Financed Privateers.JOHN JACOB ASTOR: A One-Man Conglomeration.CORNELIUS VANDERBILT: A Man Above The Law.GEORGE PEABODY: A Finder of Financing and Financiers.JUNIUS SPENCER MORGAN: The Last of the Modern Manipulators.DANIEL DREW: Much "To Drew" About Nothing.JAY COOKE: Stick To Your Knitting.CHAPTER TWO: Journalists and Authors.CHARLES DOW: His Last Name Says It All.EDWARD JONES: You Can&-t Separate Rodgers and Hammerstein.THOMAS W. LAWSON: "Stock Exchange Gambling is the Hell of it All . . . ".B.C. FORBES: He Made Financial Reporting Human.EDWIN LEFEVRE: You Couldn&-t Separate His Facts from His Fiction.CLARENCE W. BARRON: A Heavyweight Journalist.BENJAMIN GRAHAM: The Father of Security Analysis.ARNOLD BERNHARD: The Elegance of Overview on a Single Page.LOUIS ENGEL: One Mind that Helped Make Millions More.CHAPTER THREE: Investment Bankers and Brokers.AUGUST BELMONT: He Represented Europe&-s Financial Stake in America.EMANUEL LEHMAN AND HIS SON PHILIP: Role Models For So Many Wall Street Firms.JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN: History&-s Most Powerful Financier.JACOB H. SCHIFF: The Other Side of the Street.GEORGE W. PERKINS: He Left the Comfy House of Morgan to Ride a Bull Moose.JOHN PIERPONT "JACK" MORGAN, JR.: No One Ever Had Bigger Shoes to Fill.THOMAS LAMONT: The Beacon for a Whole Generation.CLARENCE D. DILLON: He Challenged Tradition and Symbolized the Changing World.CHARLES E. MERRILL: The Thundering Herd Runs Amok in the Aisles of the Stock Market&-s Supermarket.GERALD M. LOEB: The Father of Froth&-He Knew the Lingo, Not the Logi

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&"…trawl through the biographies of those who have made the markets move for some of the right &~ and wrong &~ reasons.&" (FT's Investment Adviser, Monday 18th February 2008)

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저자(글) Kenneth L. Fisher

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Ken Fisher is best known for his prestigious quot;Portfolio Strategyquot; column in Forbes magazine, where his twenty-three-year tenure of high-profile calls makes him the fourth longest-running columnist in Forbes' ninety-year history. Ken is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fisher Investments, a multi-product money management firm with over $40 billion under management. His success has ranked him #297 on the 2006 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. He is a regular in the media and has appeared in most major American finance or business periodicals. Fisher also recently authored the New York Times bestseller The Only Three Questions That Count, also published by Wiley.