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100 Minds That Made the Market


100 Minds That Made the Market


Fisher Investments Press, Band 2 1. Aufl.

von: Kenneth L. Fisher

12,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 27.08.2007
ISBN/EAN: 9780470175446
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 448

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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.<br /> <br /> 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 <i>100 Minds That Made the Market</i>, Ken Fisher delivers cameo biographies of these pioneers of American financial history. From Joe Kennedy's "sexcapades" 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.<br /> <br /> With a few pages dedicated to each person, <i>100 Minds That Made the Market</i> quickly captures the essence of the people and ideas that have influenced the evolution of the financial industry.
<p>Preface xvii</p> <p>Acknowlegments xxi</p> <p>Foreword xxiii</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>CHAPTER ONE</b> <b>The Dinosaurs 7</b></p> <p>MAYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD<br /> Out of the Ghetto and into the Limelight 10</p> <p>NATHAN ROTHSCHILD<br /> When Cash Became King—and Credit Became Prime Minister 13</p> <p>STEPHEN GIRARD<br /> The First Richest Man in America Financed Privateers 17</p> <p>JOHN JACOB ASTOR<br /> A One-Man Conglomeration 20</p> <p>CORNELIUS VANDERBILT<br /> A Man Above The Law 23</p> <p>GEORGE PEABODY<br /> A Finder of Financing and Financiers 26</p> <p>JUNIUS SPENCER MORGAN<br /> The Last of the Modern Manipulators 29</p> <p>DANIEL DREW<br /> Much “To Drew” About Nothing 32</p> <p>JAY COOKE<br /> Stick To Your Knitting 36</p> <p><b>CHAPTER TWO</b> <b>Journalists and Authors 39</b></p> <p>CHARLES DOW<br /> His Last Name Says It All 41</p> <p>EDWARD JONES<br /> You Can’t Separate Rodgers and Hammerstein 44</p> <p>THOMAS W. LAWSON<br /> “Stock Exchange Gambling is the Hell of it All . . . ” 47</p> <p>B.C. FORBES<br /> He Made Financial Reporting Human 51</p> <p>EDWIN LEFEVRE<br /> You Couldn’t Separate His Facts from His Fiction 53</p> <p>CLARENCE W. BARRON<br /> A Heavyweight Journalist 56</p> <p>BENJAMIN GRAHAM<br /> The Father of Security Analysis 59</p> <p>ARNOLD BERNHARD<br /> The Elegance of Overview on a Single Page 63</p> <p>LOUIS ENGEL<br /> One Mind that Helped Make Millions More 67</p> <p><b>CHAPTER THREE</b> <b>Investment Bankers and Brokers 71</b></p> <p>AUGUST BELMONT<br /> He Represented Europe’s Financial Stake in America 74</p> <p>EMANUEL LEHMAN AND HIS SON PHILIP<br /> Role Models For So ManyWall Street Firms 77</p> <p>JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN<br /> History’s Most Powerful Financier 80</p> <p>JACOB H. SCHIFF<br /> The Other Side of the Street 84</p> <p>GEORGE W. PERKINS<br /> He Left the Comfy House of Morgan to Ride a Bull Moose 87</p> <p>JOHN PIERPONT “JACK” MORGAN, JR.<br /> No One Ever Had Bigger Shoes to Fill 90</p> <p>THOMAS LAMONT<br /> The Beacon for a Whole Generation 94</p> <p>CLARENCE D. DILLON<br /> He Challenged Tradition and Symbolized the ChangingWorld 98</p> <p>CHARLES E. MERRILL<br /> The Thundering Herd Runs Amok in the Aisles of the Stock Market’s Supermarket 101</p> <p>GERALD M. LOEB<br /> The Father of Froth—He Knew the Lingo, Not the Logic 104</p> <p>SIDNEY WEINBERG<br /> The Role Model for Modern Investment Bankers 108</p> <p><b>CHAPTER FOUR</b> <b>The Innovators 113</b></p> <p>ELIAS JACKSON “LUCKY” BALDWIN<br /> When You’re Lucky, You Can Go Your OwnWay 116</p> <p>CHARLES T. YERKES<br /> He Turned Politics into Monopolistic Power 120</p> <p>THOMAS FORTUNE RYAN<br /> America’s First Holding Company 123</p> <p>RUSSELL SAGE<br /> A Sage for all Seasons 126</p> <p>ROGER W. BABSON<br /> Innovative Statistician and NewsletterWriter 129</p> <p>T. ROWE PRICE<br /> Widely Known as the Father of Growth Stocks 133</p> <p>FLOYD B. ODLUM<br /> The Original Modern Corporate Raider 137</p> <p>PAUL CABOT<br /> The Father of Modern Investment Management 141</p> <p>GEORGES DORIOT<br /> The Father of Venture Capital 145</p> <p>ROYAL LITTLE<br /> The Father of Conglomerates 149</p> <p><b>CHAPTER FIVE Bankers and Central Bankers 153</b></p> <p>JOHN LAW<br /> The Father of Central BankingWasn’t Very Fatherly 157</p> <p>ALEXANDER HAMILTON<br /> The Godfather of American Finance 161</p> <p>NICHOLAS BIDDLE<br /> A Civilized Man Could Not Beat a Buccaneer 164</p> <p>JAMES STILLMAN<br /> Psychic Heads America’s Largest Bank 167</p> <p>FRANK A. VANDERLIP<br /> A Role Model for AnyWall StreetWanna-Be 171</p> <p>GEORGE F. BAKER<br /> Looking Before Leaping Pays off 174</p> <p>AMADEO P. GIANNINI<br /> Taking the Pulse ofWall Street Out of New York 177</p> <p>PAUL M. WARBURG<br /> Founder and Critic of Modern American Central Banking 180</p> <p>BENJAMIN STRONG<br /> Had Strong Been Strong the Economy Might Have Been, Too 183</p> <p>GEORGE L. HARRISON<br /> No, This Isn’t the Guy From the Beatles 187</p> <p>NATALIE SCHENK LAIMBEER<br /> Wall Street’s First Notable Female Professional 190</p> <p>CHARLES E. MITCHELL<br /> The Piston of the Engine that Drove the Roaring 20s 192</p> <p>ELISHA WALKER<br /> America’s Greatest Bank Heist—Almost 195</p> <p>ALBERT H. WIGGIN<br /> Into the Cookie Jar 198</p> <p><b>CHAPTER SIX</b> <b>New Deal Reformers 203</b></p> <p>E.H.H. SIMMONS<br /> One of the Seeds of Too Much Government 206</p> <p>WINTHROP W. ALDRICH<br /> A Blue Blood Who Saw Red 209</p> <p>JOSEPH P. KENNEDY<br /> Founding Chairman of the SEC 212</p> <p>JAMES M. LANDIS<br /> The Cop Who Ended Up in Jail 216</p> <p>WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS<br /> The Supreme Court Judge onWall Street? 220</p> <p><b>CHAPTER SEVEN</b> <b>Crooks, Scandals, and Scalawags 225</b></p> <p>CHARLES PONZI<br /> The Ponzi Scheme 228</p> <p>SAMUEL INSULL<br /> He “Insullted”Wall Street and Paid the Price 231</p> <p>IVAR KREUGER<br /> He PlayedWith Matches and Got Burned 235</p> <p>RICHARD WHITNEY<br /> Wall Street’s Juiciest Scandal 239</p> <p>MICHAEL J. MEEHAN<br /> The First Guy Nailed by the SEC 243</p> <p>LOWELL M. BIRRELL<br /> The Last of the Great Modern Manipulators 246</p> <p>WALTER F. TELLIER<br /> The King of the Penny Stock Swindles 250</p> <p>JERRY AND GERALD RE<br /> A Few Bad Apples Can Ruin the Whole Barrel 254</p> <p><b>CHAPTER EIGHT Technicians, Economists, and Other Costly Experts 257</b></p> <p>WILLIAM P. HAMILTON<br /> The First Practitioner of Technical Analysis 260</p> <p>EVANGELINE ADAMS<br /> By Watching the Heavens She Became a Star 263</p> <p>ROBERT RHEA<br /> He Transformed Theory into Practice 266</p> <p>IRVING FISHER<br /> TheWorld’s Greatest Economist of the 1920s, or Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Economists—Particularly Great Ones 270</p> <p>WILLIAM D. GANN<br /> Starry-Eyed Traders “Gann” an Angle Via Offbeat Guru 274</p> <p>WESLEY CLAIR MITCHELL<br /> Wall Street’s Father of Meaningful Data 278</p> <p>JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES<br /> The Exception Proves the Rule I 281</p> <p>R.N. ELLIOTT<br /> Holy Grail or Quack? 285</p> <p>EDSON GOULD<br /> The Exception Proves the Rule II 289</p> <p>JOHN MAGEE<br /> Off the Top of the Charts 292</p> <p><b>CHAPTER NINE</b> <b>Successful Speculators, Wheeler-Dealers, and Operators 295</b></p> <p>JAY GOULD<br /> Blood Drawn and Blood Spit—Gould or Ghoul-ed? 298</p> <p>“DIAMOND” JIM BRADY<br /> Lady LuckWas on His Side—Sometimes 302</p> <p>WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT<br /> He Proved His FatherWrong 305</p> <p>JOHN W. GATES<br /> What Can You Say About a Man Nicknamed “Bet-a-Million”? 308</p> <p>EDWARD HARRIMAN<br /> Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick 311</p> <p>JAMES J. HILL<br /> When Opportunity Knocks 314</p> <p>JAMES R. KEENE<br /> Not Good Enough for Gould, But Too Keen for Anyone Else 317</p> <p>HENRY H. ROGERS<br /> Wall Street’s Bluebeard: “Hoist the Jolly Roger!” 320</p> <p>FISHER BROTHERS<br /> Motortown Moguls 323</p> <p>JOHN J. RASKOB<br /> Pioneer of Consumer Finance 327</p> <p>ARTHUR W. CUTTEN<br /> Bully the Price, Then Cut’n Run 330</p> <p>BERNARD E. “SELL ’EM BEN” SMITH<br /> The Rich Chameleon 333</p> <p>BERNARD BARUCH<br /> HeWon and Lost, But Knew When to Quit 337</p> <p><b>CHAPTER TEN Unsuccessful Speculators, Wheeler-Dealers, and Operators 341</b></p> <p>JACOB LITTLE<br /> The First to Do so Much 343</p> <p>JAMES FISK<br /> If You Knew Josie Like He Knew Josie, You’d Be Dead Too! 346</p> <p>WILLIAM CRAPO DURANT<br /> Half Visionary Builder, HalfWild Gambler 349</p> <p>F. AUGUSTUS HEINZE<br /> Burned by Burning the Candle at Both Ends 353</p> <p>CHARLES W. MORSE<br /> Slick and Cold as Ice, Everything He Touched . . . Melted 357</p> <p>ORIS P. AND MANTIS J. VAN SWEARINGEN<br /> He Who Lives by Leverage, Dies by Leverage 360</p> <p>JESSE L. LIVERMORE<br /> The Boy Plunger and Failed Man 364</p> <p><b>CHAPTER ELEVEN Miscellaneous, But Not Extraneous 369</b></p> <p>HETTY GREEN<br /> The Witch’s Brew, or . . . It’s Not Easy Being Green 371</p> <p>PATRICK BOLOGNA<br /> The Easy Money—Isn’t 375</p> <p>ROBERT R. YOUNG<br /> And It’s Never Been the Same Since 378</p> <p>CYRUS S. EATON<br /> Quiet, Flexible, and Rich 381</p> <p><i>Conclusion 385</i></p> <p><i>Appendix 387</i></p> <p><i>Index 419</i></p>
“…trawl through the biographies of those who have made the markets move for some of the right – and wrong – reasons.” (<i>FT's Investment Adviser</i>, Monday 18th February 2008)
<b>Ken Fisher</b> is best known for his prestigious "Portfolio Strategy" 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 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>The Only Three Questions That Count</i>, also published by Wiley.
<p>100 Minds That Made The Market</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Over the course of nearly two centuries, the innovations, mistakes, and scandals of many different market participants have all played an important role in shaping today's financial markets.</p> <p>Now, in 100 Minds That Made the Market, Ken Fisher delivers cameo biographies of these pioneers of American financial history. From Joe Kennedy's "sexcapades" 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 have not yet come upon—whose experiences will undoubtedly enhance your understanding of the markets.</p> <p>With only 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.</p>

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