From $18 million to $13 billion in 13 years: Peter Lynch turned Fidelity Magellan into the most successful mutual fund of its era. The story of the ten-bagger and why ordinary investors can beat Wall Street.
Read article →TRADING LEGENDS
The people who shaped the way we think about markets, risk and price.
Biographies and analysis of the greatest traders and investors in financial history — from W.D. Gann and Jesse Livermore to Richard Wyckoff and the modern masters of speculation.
Their methods, their mistakes, and what today's traders can still learn from them.
September 16, 1992: George Soros bet against the British pound and made over $1 billion in a single day. But Black Wednesday was just one chapter in a career built on reflexivity and fallibility.
Read article →Before value investing had a name, Benjamin Graham built one. From the 1929 crash to Security Analysis and The Intelligent Investor, the Columbia professor who taught Warren Buffett reframed markets around one radical idea.
Read article →Warren Buffett turned a struggling textile mill into one of the world's largest conglomerates. This is the story of how value investing, insurance float and six decades of disciplined capital allocation built Berkshire Hathaway.
Read article →William D. Gann tried to explain markets through price, time, cycles and geometry — from the legendary 1909 wheat prediction to the "Law of Vibration." His work remains both influential and controversial.
Read article →Jesse Livermore built and lost several fortunes by mastering market timing, from the Panic of 1907 to the 1929 crash. His career shows both the power of trend-following speculation and the dangers of leverage.
Read article →From Legends to Lessons
Investment Rules
The principles these traders lived by — distilled into a practical set of rules for surviving and thriving in the markets.
Finance Movies
How their stories have been portrayed on screen — from Wall Street to The Big Short.
Market History
The crashes, bubbles and frauds these traders lived through — from Tulip Mania to 2008.
Market Crashes
The panics that tested every legend in this archive — from 1637 to 2022, with causes and context.