{"product_id":"100-minds-that-made-the-market-paperback-softback-9780470139516","title":"100 Minds That Made the Market (Paperback \/ softback) 9780470139516","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003e100 Minds That Made the Market\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKen Fisher (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470139516, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 September 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e448 pages, Photos: 99 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 3 cm, 0.544 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“…trawl through the biographies of those who have made the markets move for some of the right – and wrong – reasons.” (\u003ci\u003eFT's Investment Adviser\u003c\/i\u003e, Monday 18th February 2008)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroducing 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003e100 Minds That Made the Market\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With a few pages dedicated to each person, \u003ci\u003e100 Minds That Made the Market\u003c\/i\u003e quickly captures the essence of the people and ideas that have influenced the evolution of the financial industry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowlegments xxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xxiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Dinosaurs 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMAYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD\u003cbr\u003e Out of the Ghetto and into the Limelight 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNATHAN ROTHSCHILD\u003cbr\u003e When Cash Became King—and Credit Became Prime Minister 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTEPHEN GIRARD\u003cbr\u003e The First Richest Man in America Financed Privateers 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJOHN JACOB ASTOR\u003cbr\u003e A One-Man Conglomeration 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCORNELIUS VANDERBILT\u003cbr\u003e A Man Above The Law 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGEORGE PEABODY\u003cbr\u003e A Finder of Financing and Financiers 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJUNIUS SPENCER MORGAN\u003cbr\u003e The Last of the Modern Manipulators 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDANIEL DREW\u003cbr\u003e Much “To Drew” About Nothing 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJAY COOKE\u003cbr\u003e Stick To Your Knitting 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eJournalists and Authors 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHARLES DOW\u003cbr\u003e His Last Name Says It All 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEDWARD JONES\u003cbr\u003e You Can’t Separate Rodgers and Hammerstein 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHOMAS W. LAWSON\u003cbr\u003e “Stock Exchange Gambling is the Hell of it All . . . ” 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.C. FORBES\u003cbr\u003e He Made Financial Reporting Human 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEDWIN LEFEVRE\u003cbr\u003e You Couldn’t Separate His Facts from His Fiction 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCLARENCE W. BARRON\u003cbr\u003e A Heavyweight Journalist 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBENJAMIN GRAHAM\u003cbr\u003e The Father of Security Analysis 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eARNOLD BERNHARD\u003cbr\u003e The Elegance of Overview on a Single Page 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLOUIS ENGEL\u003cbr\u003e One Mind that Helped Make Millions More 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER THREE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eInvestment Bankers and Brokers 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAUGUST BELMONT\u003cbr\u003e He Represented Europe’s Financial Stake in America 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEMANUEL LEHMAN AND HIS SON PHILIP\u003cbr\u003e Role Models For So ManyWall Street Firms 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJOHN PIERPONT MORGAN\u003cbr\u003e History’s Most Powerful Financier 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJACOB H. SCHIFF\u003cbr\u003e The Other Side of the Street 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGEORGE W. PERKINS\u003cbr\u003e He Left the Comfy House of Morgan to Ride a Bull Moose 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJOHN PIERPONT “JACK” MORGAN, JR.\u003cbr\u003e No One Ever Had Bigger Shoes to Fill 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHOMAS LAMONT\u003cbr\u003e The Beacon for a Whole Generation 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCLARENCE D. DILLON\u003cbr\u003e He Challenged Tradition and Symbolized the ChangingWorld 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHARLES E. MERRILL\u003cbr\u003e The Thundering Herd Runs Amok in the Aisles of the Stock Market’s Supermarket 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGERALD M. LOEB\u003cbr\u003e The Father of Froth—He Knew the Lingo, Not the Logic 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSIDNEY WEINBERG\u003cbr\u003e The Role Model for Modern Investment Bankers 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER FOUR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Innovators 113\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eELIAS JACKSON “LUCKY” BALDWIN\u003cbr\u003e When You’re Lucky, You Can Go Your OwnWay 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHARLES T. YERKES\u003cbr\u003e He Turned Politics into Monopolistic Power 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTHOMAS FORTUNE RYAN\u003cbr\u003e America’s First Holding Company 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRUSSELL SAGE\u003cbr\u003e A Sage for all Seasons 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eROGER W. BABSON\u003cbr\u003e Innovative Statistician and NewsletterWriter 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eT. ROWE PRICE\u003cbr\u003e Widely Known as the Father of Growth Stocks 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFLOYD B. ODLUM\u003cbr\u003e The Original Modern Corporate Raider 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePAUL CABOT\u003cbr\u003e The Father of Modern Investment Management 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGEORGES DORIOT\u003cbr\u003e The Father of Venture Capital 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eROYAL LITTLE\u003cbr\u003e The Father of Conglomerates 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER FIVE Bankers and Central Bankers 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJOHN LAW\u003cbr\u003e The Father of Central BankingWasn’t Very Fatherly 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eALEXANDER HAMILTON\u003cbr\u003e The Godfather of American Finance 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNICHOLAS BIDDLE\u003cbr\u003e A Civilized Man Could Not Beat a Buccaneer 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJAMES STILLMAN\u003cbr\u003e Psychic Heads America’s Largest Bank 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFRANK A. VANDERLIP\u003cbr\u003e A Role Model for AnyWall StreetWanna-Be 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGEORGE F. BAKER\u003cbr\u003e Looking Before Leaping Pays off 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAMADEO P. GIANNINI\u003cbr\u003e Taking the Pulse ofWall Street Out of New York 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePAUL M. WARBURG\u003cbr\u003e Founder and Critic of Modern American Central Banking 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBENJAMIN STRONG\u003cbr\u003e Had Strong Been Strong the Economy Might Have Been, Too 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGEORGE L. HARRISON\u003cbr\u003e No, This Isn’t the Guy From the Beatles 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNATALIE SCHENK LAIMBEER\u003cbr\u003e Wall Street’s First Notable Female Professional 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHARLES E. MITCHELL\u003cbr\u003e The Piston of the Engine that Drove the Roaring 20s 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eELISHA WALKER\u003cbr\u003e America’s Greatest Bank Heist—Almost 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eALBERT H. WIGGIN\u003cbr\u003e Into the Cookie Jar 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER SIX\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eNew Deal Reformers 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE.H.H. SIMMONS\u003cbr\u003e One of the Seeds of Too Much Government 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWINTHROP W. ALDRICH\u003cbr\u003e A Blue Blood Who Saw Red 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJOSEPH P. KENNEDY\u003cbr\u003e Founding Chairman of the SEC 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJAMES M. LANDIS\u003cbr\u003e The Cop Who Ended Up in Jail 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWILLIAM O. DOUGLAS\u003cbr\u003e The Supreme Court Judge onWall Street? 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCrooks, Scandals, and Scalawags 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHARLES PONZI\u003cbr\u003e The Ponzi Scheme 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSAMUEL INSULL\u003cbr\u003e He “Insullted”Wall Street and Paid the Price 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIVAR KREUGER\u003cbr\u003e He PlayedWith Matches and Got Burned 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRICHARD WHITNEY\u003cbr\u003e Wall Street’s Juiciest Scandal 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMICHAEL J. MEEHAN\u003cbr\u003e The First Guy Nailed by the SEC 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLOWELL M. BIRRELL\u003cbr\u003e The Last of the Great Modern Manipulators 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWALTER F. TELLIER\u003cbr\u003e The King of the Penny Stock Swindles 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJERRY AND GERALD RE\u003cbr\u003e A Few Bad Apples Can Ruin the Whole Barrel 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT Technicians, Economists, and Other Costly Experts 257\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWILLIAM P. HAMILTON\u003cbr\u003e The First Practitioner of Technical Analysis 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEVANGELINE ADAMS\u003cbr\u003e By Watching the Heavens She Became a Star 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eROBERT RHEA\u003cbr\u003e He Transformed Theory into Practice 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIRVING FISHER\u003cbr\u003e TheWorld’s Greatest Economist of the 1920s, or Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Economists—Particularly Great Ones 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWILLIAM D. GANN\u003cbr\u003e Starry-Eyed Traders “Gann” an Angle Via Offbeat Guru 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWESLEY CLAIR MITCHELL\u003cbr\u003e Wall Street’s Father of Meaningful Data 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJOHN MAYNARD KEYNES\u003cbr\u003e The Exception Proves the Rule I 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eR.N. ELLIOTT\u003cbr\u003e Holy Grail or Quack? 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEDSON GOULD\u003cbr\u003e The Exception Proves the Rule II 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJOHN MAGEE\u003cbr\u003e Off the Top of the Charts 292\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER NINE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eSuccessful Speculators, Wheeler-Dealers, and Operators 295\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJAY GOULD\u003cbr\u003e Blood Drawn and Blood Spit—Gould or Ghoul-ed? 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“DIAMOND” JIM BRADY\u003cbr\u003e Lady LuckWas on His Side—Sometimes 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWILLIAM H. VANDERBILT\u003cbr\u003e He Proved His FatherWrong 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJOHN W. GATES\u003cbr\u003e What Can You Say About a Man Nicknamed “Bet-a-Million”? 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEDWARD HARRIMAN\u003cbr\u003e Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJAMES J. HILL\u003cbr\u003e When Opportunity Knocks 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJAMES R. KEENE\u003cbr\u003e Not Good Enough for Gould, But Too Keen for Anyone Else 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHENRY H. ROGERS\u003cbr\u003e Wall Street’s Bluebeard: “Hoist the Jolly Roger!” 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFISHER BROTHERS\u003cbr\u003e Motortown Moguls 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJOHN J. RASKOB\u003cbr\u003e Pioneer of Consumer Finance 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eARTHUR W. CUTTEN\u003cbr\u003e Bully the Price, Then Cut’n Run 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBERNARD E. “SELL ’EM BEN” SMITH\u003cbr\u003e The Rich Chameleon 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBERNARD BARUCH\u003cbr\u003e HeWon and Lost, But Knew When to Quit 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER TEN Unsuccessful Speculators, Wheeler-Dealers, and Operators 341\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJACOB LITTLE\u003cbr\u003e The First to Do so Much 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJAMES FISK\u003cbr\u003e If You Knew Josie Like He Knew Josie, You’d Be Dead Too! 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWILLIAM CRAPO DURANT\u003cbr\u003e Half Visionary Builder, HalfWild Gambler 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF. AUGUSTUS HEINZE\u003cbr\u003e Burned by Burning the Candle at Both Ends 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCHARLES W. MORSE\u003cbr\u003e Slick and Cold as Ice, Everything He Touched . . . Melted 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eORIS P. AND MANTIS J. VAN SWEARINGEN\u003cbr\u003e He Who Lives by Leverage, Dies by Leverage 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJESSE L. LIVERMORE\u003cbr\u003e The Boy Plunger and Failed Man 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER ELEVEN Miscellaneous, But Not Extraneous 369\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHETTY GREEN\u003cbr\u003e The Witch’s Brew, or . . . It’s Not Easy Being Green 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePATRICK BOLOGNA\u003cbr\u003e The Easy Money—Isn’t 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eROBERT R. YOUNG\u003cbr\u003e And It’s Never Been the Same Since 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCYRUS S. EATON\u003cbr\u003e Quiet, Flexible, and Rich 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConclusion 385\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendix 387\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 419\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Finance \u0026amp; accounting [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Finance \u0026amp; accounting\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Finance%20\u0026amp;%20accounting%20%5BKF%5D%22\"\u003eKF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52173797359896,"sku":"9780470139516","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470139516.jpg?v=1781172234","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/100-minds-that-made-the-market-paperback-softback-9780470139516","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}