The Greatest Trades of All Time: Top Traders Making Big Profits from the Crash of 1929 to Today

Contents

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 J. Kyle Bass: Timing Is Everything

The Back Story

A Few Definitions

Bass Asks Why

Learning from the Past

Shorting Subprime Loans

The Best Position

The Effects of Abuse

Who Was Watching?

Re-creating Bass's Trading Strategies

Bass's Top Traits

CHAPTER 2 James Chanos: The Real King of Enron

Enter Enron

Really Looking at Enron

The Best Position

Recreating Chanos's Trading Strategies

A More Recent Example

Chanos's Top Traits

CHAPTER 3 Paul Tudor Jones II: Legendary Global Macro Trader

Following a Genius

The Path of Greatness

Starting Out

Knowing All the Markets

Global Macro Trading

Elliot Wave Theory

More Keys to Jones's Success

Success beyond Trading

Recreating Jones's Trading Strategies

Jones's Top Traits

CHAPTER 4 John Templeton: Legendary Mutual Fund Manager

What Made Templeton Famous

Templeton's Life before Investing

Educational Aspirations

The Married Life

Templeton's Big Move

Back to New York

Looking to the Future, and the Templeton Growth Fund

Templeton's Second Marriage and Fund

The Bahamas

Recreating Templeton's Trading Strategies

Templeton's Top Traits

CHAPTER 5 Jesse Livermore: Legendary Speculator

Livermore's History

At Home in New York

Fame and Fortune

The Panic of 1907

The Crash of 1929

Livermore's Tragic End

An Example of Livermore's Influence Today

Recreating Livermore's Trading Strategies

Livermore's Top Traits

CHAPTER 6 John Paulson: The Greatest Trade of All Time

Paulson's Early Career

Paulson & Co. ...