Legendary Investors
Profiles of the investors whose records and philosophies shaped how the world thinks about markets.
Jesse Livermore: Lessons From Wall Street's Original Speculator
Long before technical analysis had a name, a teenage "boy plunger" was reading tape and making — and losing — some of the largest fortunes Wall Street had ever seen.
Legendary InvestorsSir John Templeton: Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism
Templeton made his name buying stocks nobody else wanted — starting with a bet on the entire European stock market as the continent headed into World War II.
Legendary InvestorsGeorge Soros: Reflexivity and "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England"
One trade against the British pound made Soros a billion dollars in a single day and cemented his reputation as the most feared macro trader of his era.
Legendary InvestorsRay Dalio: Bridgewater, Radical Transparency, and the All Weather Portfolio
Dalio built the world's largest hedge fund on a culture of brutal honesty and a portfolio designed to survive economic conditions nobody can predict in advance.
Legendary InvestorsPhilip Fisher: Scuttlebutt and the Case for Growth Investing
While Benjamin Graham focused on buying cheap, Fisher built a different discipline around buying outstanding growth companies and almost never selling.
Legendary InvestorsJohn Bogle: The Man Who Gave Investors the Index Fund
Bogle built an entire company around a radical idea — that most investors would do better owning the whole market cheaply than trying to beat it.
Legendary InvestorsPeter Lynch: "Invest in What You Know" and the Magellan Fund Years
Lynch turned a small, obscure mutual fund into the best-performing fund of its era — then walked away at the top and wrote down exactly how he did it.
Legendary InvestorsCharlie Munger: Mental Models and the Art of Rational Investing
Warren Buffett's longtime partner argued that good investing has less to do with finance formulas and more to do with thinking clearly. Here's his approach.
Legendary InvestorsBenjamin Graham: The Father of Value Investing
Long before Warren Buffett was a household name, his teacher wrote the book that gave value investing its name — and its most durable idea: margin of safety.
Legendary InvestorsWarren Buffett: Investment Philosophy and Track Record
From a Nebraska newspaper delivery boy to the most closely watched investor alive — here's the philosophy behind Warren Buffett's six-decade track record.