I missed out on the third one, because of mixed reviews. I loved the two first, though. Most likely because he is comfortable being a loser.
I'll definitely buy the new Schwager book - saw it on presale on Amazon as well - is it safer to preorder it ?
Market Wizards 1 and 2 were very good. Althought in Market Wizards 1 there was some funny stuff. Like the trader called Mark Weinstein who never had losing days (I am paraphrasing, but it was some insane statements), etc, LOLOLOL. Stock Market Wizards, quite weak. The managers basically gave perfunctory explanations about how they trade. Especially David Shaw. The majority of the David Shaw interview was Mr. Shaw saying in so many words, ¨sorry, I can´t tell you.¨ I hope the new one is a bit more insightful.
Have you guys read "Hedge Funds story" from Steven Drobny? It was quite good IMO, same subject( Hedge fund traders ) and format( interviews ala Market Wizards).
I've had the opportunity to talk at length with Jack in recent weeks (he's working as a portfolio manager on a soon to launch FoF). I don't know how he "used" to be, but he certainly seems very, very sharp to me. He had a better understanding of my strategy, and asked far more insightful questions, than just about anyone else I've talked to over the past 3 years. By the way, people can write great books on any topic, be it trading or baseball or art or warfare, without having to be master practitioners themselves.
Haha I wish. No one will pay to read an interview with me. I'll settle for an investment from his fund... . Up in the air.
Drobny was praised recently in the "Global macro trading for a living " thread and I made a mental note to read some books from Drobny. Is it all global macro though, or more diversified like the Market Wizards books ?