The Education of a Speculator - Tapa dura

"One of the great tours de force of investing literature, a must for any serious investor's library."--Barron's "With an original mind and an eclectic approach, Victor Niederhoffer takes the reader from Brighton Beach to Wall Street, visiting all stops of interest along the way. What emerges is a book full of insights, useful to the professional and layman alike."--George Soros, Principal Investment Advisor, The Quantum Fund ." . . a compelling and an entertaining read."--The Wall Street Journal "The Education of a Speculator is the first meaningful book on speculating. Successful speculating is as fine an art as chess, checkers, fishing, poker, tennis, painting, and music. Niederhoffer brings forth the best from each of these fields and shows the investor how their principles can enrich one's life and net worth."--Martin Edelston, President, Boardroom Inc., publishers of Boardroom Classics & Bottom Line/Personal "The Education of a Speculator offers plenty of insights into the way markets work, but the epiphanies are what a reader might expect from Lao-tzu rather than, say, Graham and Dodd."--Worth Magazine ." . . Victor Niederhoffer gives us page after page of distilled investment wisdom. Taken together, this is pure nectar to those who aim for consistently superior stock-market performance."--Barron's

A fascinating story that successfully entwines the complete life and education of a top commodity trader with his successes and failures in the markets. Provides readers with valuable trading skills.