Who would be your dream mentor?

[Trend Fader]

I pick Jim Cramer.. BOOYAA

 

[market_hacker]

I second the previous votes for:
harris brumfield
blair hull


i would add:
thomas petterfy

 

[science_trader]

None of them, for sure...

 

[rufus_4000]

Quote from market_hacker:

I second the previous votes for:
harris brumfield
blair hull


i would add:
thomas petterfy

There are some notable investors that are not on the list, Julian Robertson, for instance.

But having the pleasure or displeasure of knowing some of the people mentioned. I actually think Michael Bloomberg have made a far bigger impact in the financial scene, and make far more money too. He turned a small $10M partnership share in Solly into now a $6B revenue a year firm, while private, is highly profitable (private estimates in the 15-20% range).

But it is an interesting list, Brumfield, Baldwin, Hull, how about Joe / Mark Ritchie? Or John Stafford, how about Billy / Eddie O'Connor (O'Connor associates).

There are some odd names, how about Sandy Bernstein? Maybe I am just weird.

 

[CvH]

None of them.
If you are follower, forget trading.
Master the market and you master yourself.
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Master yourself ... and you'll find there is nothing left to master anymore.

 

[jonnyy40]

me

 

[ForrestGump]

Stanley Kroll. Knew him well.

http://home.netvigator.com/~raymondo/MMD_Stanley_Kroll.htm



For info on some others:

http://home.netvigator.com/~raymondo/MMD_main.htm

 

[market_hacker]

Quote from rufus_4000:

There are some notable investors that are not on the list, Julian Robertson, for instance.

But having the pleasure or displeasure of knowing some of the people mentioned. I actually think Michael Bloomberg have made a far bigger impact in the financial scene, and make far more money too. He turned a small $10M partnership share in Solly into now a $6B revenue a year firm, while private, is highly profitable (private estimates in the 15-20% range).

But it is an interesting list, Brumfield, Baldwin, Hull, how about Joe / Mark Ritchie? Or John Stafford, how about Billy / Eddie O'Connor (O'Connor associates).

There are some odd names, how about Sandy Bernstein? Maybe I am just weird.

good point, what bloomberg did is extremely impressive i totally agree with you about that...i guess i made the mistake of thinking of him more as a businessman and less as a trader. There's no arguing that bloomberg is a cash machine.

hull/petterfy i picked mostly because i was impressed from afar by their use of automation, reaching electronic markets early and the infrastructure they built for making markets. i was thinknig of petterfy for timber hill not IB. I was friends with a quant who worked at Hull and what i learned from him has influenced the way i look at markets and trading ever since.

The other names you mention are familiar and might be as good or better i'm just ignorant about them.

Was Shaw mentioned yet?

 

[nononsense]

How come you left out Jack?

 

[cooldude]

Quote from popesidious:

If you could choose to work and learn from anyone you want who would you prefer?

Paul Tudor Jones, or maybe Marty Schwartz, or Victor Niederhoffer, or Ed Seykota, George Soros?

I have to confess that I would like to spend some time with Niederhoffer. I have read his books and I have found him very interesting.

ME, cooldude, without any doubt.