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[20 Aug 2008 | 8 Comments | ]
Marty Schwartz Champion Trader - Market Wizards

Marty Schwartz is another rock star trader profiled in Market Wizards. After completing his service in the Marine Corps, Schwartz earned a MBA at Columbia Business School. After graduation, Schwartz became a securities analyst. Following eight frustrating years as a securities analyst, Schwartz became a full time independent trader in 1979. The star trader achieved trading fame during the U.S Trading Championships, run by Norm Zadeh, a professor at Princeton University.

Economics »

[17 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]

A summary and commentary of the previous weeks and next weeks August 19-21 economic indicators, including PPI and leading indicators.

Site News »

[16 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]

The Sharpe Investing theme has been completely revamped. This theme combines a magazine style and traditional blog. The headline post highlights a major recent post. The featured posts identify popular past posts. Underneath the headline is the normal list of most recent posts.
In the footer of the theme are both a tag cloud and a most viewed section. The tag cloud visually illustrates topics that are most blogged about. The most viewed list is part of a plugin that will track which posts are clicked on the most. I hope you …

Investment Banking »

[13 Aug 2008 | 2 Comments | ]
Damn, it Feels Good to Be a Banker: Book Review

Damn, it Feels Good to Be a Banker is a satirical account of life as an investment banking analyst in New York at a top tier bulge bracket investment bank. The book is written by Leveraged Sell-Out, the author of the Leveraged Sell-Out blog. One disappointment is that Leveraged Sell-Out was not actually a banker, but rather a strategy consultant that lived with many banking analysts. Still based on my buy-side experience and the stories my banking friends have told me this book contains many underlying truths.

Economics »

[10 Aug 2008 | One Comment | ]

A summary and commentary of the previous weeks and next weeks (August 10th) economic indicators, including CPI and crude inventories.

Top Content »

[8 Aug 2008 | No Comment | ]

The Sharpe Investing blog recently passed the one year mark. Blogging about finance and investing has been a great experience. I have learned a great deal and hope you have learned more about finance and investing by reading the Sharpe Investing blog.
Below are the top 10 Sharpe Investing posts, in order of page views. A new list will be posted every year highlighting the top content for that year. Thanks for visiting Sharpe Investing this Year. I look forward to learning more with you next year.
1. Roth 401k Overview
The most …