The Education of a Speculator

Victor Niederhoffer, eine exzentrische, au ergew hnliche Pers nlichkeit und ein u erst erfolgreicher B rsenh ndler, erz hlt seine wirklich faszinierende Geschichte: Sein Leben, seine Ausbildung, seine Erfolge und Fehler, Gewinne und Verluste. In einem Gesch ft, in dem es von Scharlatanen wimmelt, erfrischen derart realistische Worte. Mit vielen Hintergrundinformationen am Rande, beispielsweise ber die Hillary-Clinton-Aff re. (06/98)

Author: Victor Niederhoffer
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 03/19/1998
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780471249481
ISBN10: 0471249483
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Business
- Business & Economics | Finance | General
- Business & Economics | Investments & Securities | General

About the Author

VICTOR NIEDERHOFFER's storied career as a speculator spans more than twenty-five years. In the introduction to Practical Speculation, Vic describes the rollercoaster his hedge fund rode from No. 1 in 1996 to the debacle in 1997 that forced him to close his fund. Rather than giving up, he wrote this book figuring that by trying to teach others, I might learn something myself, apparently with some success. Niederhoffer was ranked No. 6 for the year 2003 among 200 managed futures hedge funds in the TASS database, and is No. 4 in the performance rankings through mid-2004. Niederhoffer is the author of the critically acclaimed Education of a Speculator as well as numerous groundbreaking academic articles about markets. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard, he holds a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. He is a five-time national champion in squash and claimed the world title in 1976.