Jack Schwager
Jack Schwager is a recognized industry expert in futures and hedge funds and bestselling author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books. He has written extensively on the futures industry and great traders in all financial markets. He is perhaps best known for his best-selling series of interviews with the greatest traders and hedge fund managers of the last three decades: the Market Wizard series of books spanning 1989 to 2014. Jack is also the Co-Founder and Partner of FundSeeder Technologies, a platform designed to find undiscovered trading talent worldwide and connect unknown successful traders with sources of investment capital. Previously, he was a Partner in the Fortune Group, a London-based hedge fund advisory firm. Before that, his experience includes 22 years as Director of Futures research for some of Wall Street’s leading firms, most recently Prudential Securities.
Jack Schwager Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and Partner
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Director of Research
Academic History
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M.A., Economics
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B.A., Economics
FundSeeder Technologies provides traders worldwide with the opportunity to get discovered.
FundSeeder is a financial data and analytics company providing a free trader platform, emerging manager investment opportunities, and customized software for financial institutions.
Their technology allows traders to verify their track records, benefit from performance analytics and risk management tools, access an emerging manager support structure, find potential trader employment opportunities and, if regulated, connect with investors.
Schwager was Senior Portfolio Manager for Fortune's Market Wizards Funds of Funds, a broadly diversified series of institutional hedge fund Portfolios.
He also served on the board of Fortune's research affiliate Global Fund Analysis, a leading source of independent hedge Fund research.
He has since made his mark in the hedge fund industry where he applies many of the lessons learned from his interviews and successfully manages the Fortune Group’s Market Wizards Funds.
EXPERTISE
Jack first entered the market in 1971. Since then, he has become a highly respected director of futures research and a well known profiler of investment greats.
His current focus is the construction and management of a portfolio of futures and FX managed accounts.
MEDIA & SPEAKING
He is a frequent seminar speaker and has lectured on a range of analytical topics.
He has lectured about the investment fallacies, hedge fund portfolios, managed accounts, technical analysis, and trading system evaluation.