Jack Schwager (born 1948) is an American financial trader and author. His books include Market Wizards (1989), The New Market Wizards (1992), Stock Market Wizards (2001) and Unknown Market Wizards: The Best Traders You’ve Never Heard Of (2020). He is a well-known author, fund manager and an industry expert in futures and hedge funds. He's published a number of books, such as Market Wizards.
Biography He holds a BA in Economics from Brooklyn College (1970) and an MA in Economics from Brown University (1971).
He is currently the co-portfolio manager for the ADM Investor Services Diversified Strategies Fund, a portfolio of futures and FX managed accounts. He is also an adviser to Catalytic Investment Group Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based fund management company, for their multi-manager multi-strategy fund. Previously, he was a partner in the Fortune Group, a London-based hedge fund advisory firm, which specialized in creating customized hedge fund portfolios for institutional clients. His prior experience includes 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street's leading firms and 10 years as the co-principal of a Commodity Trading Advisor.
He has written extensively on the futures industry and great traders in all financial markets. He is perhaps best known for his best-selling series of interviews with the greatest hedge fund managers of the last two decades: Market Wizards (1989), The New Market Wizards (1992), and Stock Market Wizards (2001). The fourth book in the series, Hedge Fund Market Wizards, was released in May 2012.
Schwager's first book, A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets (1984) is considered to be one of the classic reference works in the field.
Books +Name of BookYear PublishedCommentsA Complete Guide to the Futures Markets1984Market Wizards: Interviews with Top Traders19896 volume series: Book 1 of 6The New Market Wizards: Conversations with America's Top Traders19926 volume series: Book 2 of 6Schwager on Futures: Consisting of Fundamental Analysis 19953 volume series: Book 1 of 3Schwager On Futures: Technical Analysis 19963 volume series: Book 2 of 3Schwager on Futures: Managed Trading 19966 volume series: Book 2 of 6Getting Started in Technical Analysis1999Stock Market Wizards: Interviews with America's Top Stock Traders20016 volume series: Book 3 of 6Market Sense And Nonsense: How The Markets Really Work (And How They Don’t)2012Hedge Fund Market Wizards: How Winning Traders Win20126 volume series: Book 4 of 6The Little Book Of Market Wizards: Lessons From The Greatest Traders2014Series: Little Books. Big ProfitsUnknown Market Wizards: The Best Traders You’ve Never Heard Of20206 volume series: Book 5 of 6Market Wizards: The Next Generation20266 volume series: Book 6 of 6
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External links Video interview with Opalesque TV Podcast interview with IG Group