Hedge Fund Market Wizards

I like the question and answer format of the writing. Instead of an overlaid narrative (which there was some) the questions probed deeper in the theories behind why certain managers made the decisions they did. Also, moving from one subject to the next allowed for you to observe contrasts between the managers. No one style or investment process was favored in the book. It seemed as the writer wanted to illustrate the fact that there was no one key strategy that lead to success but there was underlying traits in each manager that was common to success.

I would say the book 'Quants' by Scott Patterson. It tells a similar story and the characters are the same so you almost feel familar with them.

Jack Schwager has an immense talent for interviewing successful people and distilling the lessons for the rest of us. Excellent choice of traders, Breadth of trading styles, and topics/questions - truly something for everyone.

The narrator helps the listener through the interviews by changing his tone and speaking style; the voice for Jack is consistent, and the voice of the interviewee changes, presumably to match the style of the actual person's voice. There are a few awkward mid phrase pauses here and there, but overall great presentation.

Initially hated the interview format, but grew to love it, and I will now look for similar books.

Do the wizards interviewed have skill, or are they just lucky? We'll never know unless the author does a followup study a couple of decades from now. In either case, very little information presented in the book will help the average trader.

Yes. Just like all the Market Wizard books there is much insight that can be gained to help in trading.

The actionable ideas, the honesty of traders that had huge losses, and huge wins, and what they learned.

It was tough to determine at times (chapter 1 & 2) if he was asking the question or answering. Then in all the other chapters he changed is tone when asking questions and answering so it was more enjoyable.

i recommend some background before this one though because it gets a bit technical. listen to other market wizard books 1st perhaps. they are all good.

Schwager inspires and informs again - and has found his best reader yet in Clinton Wade.

What I like are the different hedge fund managers interviewed. I had to google majority of the people which I liked because I got to learn about people and different investment strategies.

What I dislike: I didn't want to the book to end.

It is a must read I think.

Really awesome. Many different views. I play it and replay it so the lessons go in.
Also the narrator is surprisingly good. He uses slightly different voices for the different interviews, but it isn't annoying, but helpful.
Mostly important for people who are pretty serious about markets.

started off hating this format (back and forth interview), but I decided to push through because the content is what I wanted to understand. in the long run, I liked this and have listened to it 2 times now.