100 Minds That Made the Market

Introducing 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.

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 100
Minds That Made the Market, 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.

With a few pages dedicated to each person, 100 Minds That Made
the Market quickly captures the essence of the people and ideas
that have influenced the evolution of the financial industry.

Auteur
Ken Fisher is best known for his prestigious "Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine, where his twenty-three-year tenure of high-profile calls makes him the fourth longest-running columnist in Forbes' ninety-year history. Ken is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fisher Investments, a multi-product money management firm with over $40 billion under management. His success has ranked him #297 on the 2006 Forbes 400 list of richest Americans. He is a regular in the media and has appeared in most major American finance or business periodicals. Fisher also recently authored the New York Times bestseller The Only Three Questions That Count, also published by Wiley.

Résumé
Introducing 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.

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 100 Minds That Made the Market, 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.

With a few pages dedicated to each person, 100 Minds That Made the Market quickly captures the essence of the people and ideas that have influenced the evolution of the financial industry.

Contenu

Preface xvii

Acknowlegments xxi

Foreword xxiii

Introduction 1

CHAPTER ONE The Dinosaurs 7

MAYER AMSCHEL ROTHSCHILD
Out of the Ghetto and into the Limelight 10

NATHAN ROTHSCHILD
When Cash Became Kingand Credit Became Prime Minister 13

STEPHEN GIRARD
The First Richest Man in America Financed Privateers 17

JOHN JACOB ASTOR
A One-Man Conglomeration 20

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT
A Man Above The Law 23

GEORGE PEABODY
A Finder of Financing and Financiers 26

JUNIUS SPENCER MORGAN
The Last of the Modern Manipulators 29

DANIEL DREW
Much To Drew About Nothing 32

JAY COOKE
Stick To Your Knitting 36

CHAPTER TWO Journalists and Authors 39

CHARLES DOW
His Last Name Says It All 41

EDWARD JONES
You Can't Separate Rodgers and Hammerstein 44

THOMAS W. LAWSON
Stock Exchange Gambling is the Hell of it All . . . 47

B.C. FORBES
He Made Financial Reporting Human 51

EDWIN LEFEVRE
You Couldn't Separate His Facts from His Fiction 53

CLARENCE W. BARRON
A Heavyweight Journalist 56

BENJAMIN GRAHAM
The Father of Security Analysis 59

ARNOLD BERNHARD
The Elegance of Overview on a Single Page 63

LOUIS ENGEL
One Mind that Helped Make Millions More 67

CHAPTER THREE Investment Bankers and Brokers 71

AUGUST BELMONT
He Represented Europe's Financial Stake in America 74

EMANUEL LEHMAN AND HIS SON PHILIP
Role Models For So ManyWall Street Firms 77

JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN
History's Most Powerful Financier 80

JACOB H. SCHIFF
The Other Side of the Street 84

GEORGE W. PERKINS
He Left the Comfy House of Morgan to Ride a Bull Moose 87

JOHN PIERPONT JACK MORGAN, JR.
No One Ever Had Bigger Shoes to Fill 90

THOMAS LAMONT
The Beacon for a Whole Generation 94

CLARENCE D. DILLON
He Challenged Tradition and Symbolized the ChangingWorld 98

CHARLES E. MERRILL
The Thundering Herd Runs Amok in the Aisles of the Stock Market's Supermarket 101

GERALD M. LOEB
The Father of FrothHe Knew the Lingo, Not the Logic 104

SIDNEY WEINBERG
The Role Model for Modern Investment Bankers 108

CHAPTER FOUR The Innovators 113

ELIAS JACKSON LUCKY BALDWIN
When You're Lucky, You Can Go Your OwnWay 116

CHARLES T. YERKES
He Turned Politics into Monopolistic Power 120

THOMAS FORTUNE RYAN
America's First Holding Company 123

RUSSELL SAGE
A Sage for all Seasons 126

ROGER W. BABSON
Innovative Statistician and NewsletterWriter 129

T. ROWE PRICE
Widely Known as the Father of Growth Stocks 133

FLOYD B. ODLUM
The Original Modern Corporate Raider 137

PAUL CABOT
The Father of Modern Investment Management 141

GEORGES DORIOT
The Father of Venture Capital 145

ROYAL LITTLE
The Father of Conglomerates 149

CHAPTER FIVE Bankers and Central Bankers 153

JOHN LAW
The Father of Central BankingWasn't Very Fatherly 157

ALEXANDER HAMILTON
The Godfather of American Finance 161

NICHOLAS BIDDLE
A Civilized Man Could Not Beat a Buccaneer 164

JAMES STILLMAN
Psychic Heads America's Largest Bank 167

FRANK A. VANDERLIP
A Role Model for AnyWall StreetWanna-Be 171

GEORGE F. BAKER
Looking Before Leaping Pays off 174

AMADEO P. GIANNINI
Taking the Pulse ofWall Street Out of New York 177

PAUL M. WARBURG
Founder and Critic of Modern American Central Banking 180 BENJAMIN STRONG
Had Strong Been Strong the Economy Might Have Been, Too 183&lt...