Market Wizards

Interviews with Top Traders

By: Jack D. Schwager, Bruce Kovner, Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, Michael Steinhardt, Ed Seykota, Marty Schwartz, Tom Baldwin

Narrated by: Dj Holte

Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

IMPORTANT UPDATE: This audio is the new recording by DJ Holte, which replaced the original inferior recording and also contains text that was added in the 2012 revised edition of Market Wizards.

What separates the world's top traders from the vast majority of unsuccessful investors? In this iconic financial classic, Jack Schwager sets out to answer this question in his interviews with superstar money-makers including Bruce Kovner, Richard Dennis, Paul Tudor Jones, Michel Steinhardt, Ed Seykota, Marty Schwartz, Tom Baldwin, and more in this audiobook.

This interview-style audiobook from a financial expert is a must-listen for traders and professional financiers alike, as well as anyone interested in gaining insight into how the world of finance really works.

Filled with anecdotes about market experiences, including the story of a trader who, after wiping out several times, turned $30,000 into $80 million, and an electrical engineer from MIT whose computerized trading has earned returns of 250,000 percent over 16 years.

One of the most insightful, best-selling trading books of all time, including 16 interviews!

©2012 Jack D. Schwager (P)2012 Jack D. Schwager

Definitely worth a read/listen

It's a great book. I especially enjoyed the bit on psychology. Bonds aren't my thing but great stories none the less.

Has narration issues!

The narration on this book is poorly edited and there are occassional issues throughout the book.

Great look into many ways to succeed in the market

Jack Schwager has done immensely valuable work compiling the experiences and methods of such a variety of traders. This book contains pertinent and immediately useful information for anyone interested in the markets.

Jack brings some advantages and disadvantages to the narration; having the original audio tapes from the interviews, I often found myself thinking the narration sounded like I was sitting in the room myself! However, there are several blatant editing errors such as double takes or editing comments that are somewhat jarring. In addition, there are no vocal differences between the various interviewees, and barely enough to distinguish the two parties talking - when there is a rapid back and forth session of dialog it can be difficult to distinguish who said what.

Overall I would still highly recommend this book and it's audio format to anyone interested in investing or trading.

a required reading for any traders

loved it.
so many stories on so many aspects of trading.
this book gave the human quality to all the traders interviewed.

I was about to give up, then I found this...

I was about to give up on trading, then I started listening to this audiobook. I realized several actions that are wrong on my side and listening to the market wizards made me understand that this is a process this is a business and risk management is vital to survive these wild markets. Do not give up, give this book a listening, it's worth every single second.

Awesome

Great interviews , from some top of the line traders . I would recommend book to anyone who wants to hear from the pros

Great book

Follow your system. All of them were just lucky in a bull market. Take no f skills. Not all but still.

Great book; poor reading

What made the experience of listening to Market Wizards the most enjoyable?

The concept and the content are excellent. The performance is irritating. I'm shocked no one caught two things in particular: First, "Keynesian" is pronounced "Cane-see-an" not "Kensianism"! Anyone with some economics would know that. Second, there are several places where the studio conversation is not edited out and you can hear things like "reading the interview answers now, go".

A wealth of knowledge

Would you consider the audio edition of Market Wizards to be better than the print version?

I haven't read the print version, not yet anyway.

Who was your favorite character and why?

It was a book of interviews, and I feel I learned a few things from each one.

Have you listened to any of Jack D. Schwager’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No, I have not, but I am considering some of his other work.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I rarely listen for that length of time. This book flowed very well. When I was at the end of the audio, I wanted it to continue.

Any additional comments?

I will listen to this audio again. There were times where the information was a bit over my head, being a beginning trader, but that did not discourage me. I would rather have it that way, than the other. Also, this book I am pretty sure was not the "updated" version, which showed every once in a while, but don't let that dissuade you from listening.

Because these interviewees were some of the best traders of all time, I highly recommend this audio to anyone interested in investing, at any stage of the game.

Awesome

It was fun to hear the interviews of pro traders. Narrator does a great job. Enjoyed it.