My guest today is Jack Schwager, a recognized industry expert in futures and hedge funds and the author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books. Schwager is one of the founders of Fund Seeder. Previously, he was a partner in the Fortune Group, a London-based hedge fund advisory firm. His prior experience also includes 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street’s leading firms, most recently Prudential Securities.
The topic is his book The Little Book of Market Wizards.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
- How Fund Seeder acts as a liason for traders and investors
- The difficulty of starting out as a new trader
- How Fund Seeder is a global opportunity
- Schwager’s last book, Hedge Fund Market Wizards
- The timeless quality of the Market Wizards books
- Jesse Livermore’s Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
- How human nature is the only thing that will never change
- Looking for a “secret recipe” in the Market Wizards book
- “The Upside of Down: Why Failing Well Is The Key To Success” by Megan McArdle
- Why failure is smart and an essential part of success
- The importance of failure in the context of education
- Behavioral economics
- Jack Horner and thinking outside of the box
- The importance of loving what you do for a living
- The importance of travel
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