Markets aren’t made by charts, graphs, and technical indicators. They are made and shaped by real people, flesh and blood, but with a difference: the big players in the markets have a passionate drive to push history forward, shape the world we live in, and undertake thrilling risks that most of us are happy to avoid.

These mini biographies of only several pages each give you an inside look at the minds and actions – with a sweep of 200 years – that made today’s financial markets.

In 100 Minds That Made the Market, Ken Fisher delivers portraits these pioneers of American financial history. From Joe Kennedy’ s ‘ sexcapades’ to Jesse Livermore’ s suicide, this book details the drama, the dirt, and the financial principles of an amazingly inventive group of financial minds. He covers the traders, innovators, bankers, speculators, industrialists, wheeler dealers, political players, mavericks, crooks and crazies, technicians, economists, theorists, bootleggers, and brokers. Arguably, they have all done more to shape our world than all of the elected politicians, and yet they are hardly ever studied.

Fisher digs deep to uncover the careers, personal lives, and contributions of these individuals, and leads you through the lessons that can be learned from each one. Here you have 100 of the best teachers — some you already know, some you will feel you know, and some you may not have previously discovered — whose experiences will undoubtedly enhance your understanding of the markets.

With a few pages dedicated to each person, 100 Minds That Made the Market quickly captures the essence of the people and ideas that have influenced the evolution of the financial industry. It is fascinating and entertaining, and enormously informative.

About the author:  Ken Fisher is founder, Chairman and CEO of Fisher Investments, an independent money management firm managing tens of billions of dollars. Fisher Investments serves large pension plans, endowments, and foundations globally. The Fisher Investments Private Client Group serves tens of thousands of high net worth individuals and is often characterized by third parties as one of the world’s largest independent registered investment advisors serving high net worth individuals.