No Bull: My Life In and Out of Markets

Exceptional read to get insight of how the legendary investor make one of the best track record in history. The intensity, intellectual rigor and courage and conviction to carry out variant perception against herd are truly exemplary.Super intellectual stimulating and remind me what it takes to become a good portfolio manager. A role model for me not only in investment career but also how to give back to greater cause once you are at a position to give.Thanks for the generosity of writing the book and share the insights with me.I wish reading more biographies from legendary investors.

It is an easy fast read, but you won't get a whole lot out of it. He does a huge amount of feather preening that just gets boring. He's a great man, but this is a trivial book.

I really enjoyed the book. Although far from having reached the success / stardom MS has achieved, I find many parallels in our lives. The book taught me how he dealt with these things in life, from his modest childhood, to divorced parents, to being an atheist, to have two personalities (one at work and one outside of it). Thank you, MS. Your lack of spirituality is more than made up, not by your financial successes, but by your unspoken devotion to stability, tradition, and "equal opportunities" given to "your people" and non Jews. It's a great read.

From humble beginnings with a gambling, absentee father, Michael Steinhardt worked his way through an Ivy League school to Wall Street. But a very low level of Wall Street and it's only through luck and good fortune he was able to become a successful Hedge Fund manager. And very successful he was.The unique fact about Steinhardt is he never seemed to be quite comfortable with his profession or his religeon. Early in his hedge fund career he took a year off only to come back for many more years. Later, he shut down his hedge fund in what you could argue was the height of his career.His views on religeon are even more unique. Very Jewish, he considers himself an atheist while supporting Israel and charities to promote the Jewish culture in younger Americans. I applaud his philanthropic commitment.I strongly recommend this book if you have interest in investing and want to read about one of the success stories and how it happened.

Although I bought the book with the perception it would be a book on investing/trading techniques used by a well-respected investor, I liked it much more for what I did not expect to read.The book is basically a biography, in which he describes how his father, his religion (even tough he calls himself an atheist) and his education have had an impact on his life, in private as well as in his work.The way he writes is entertaining, and I found myself finishing the book within only a few days.Not a book about investing. Don't buy it to improve your trading results!Buy it for learning about the person behind stellar investment performance.

book was full of mildew. threw it out

THIS IS THE BEST BOOK ON REAL LIFE WITH A MAN WHOPULLS NO PUNCHES.HE DOESN'T HOLD BACK THE BAD INHIS LIFE, AND HAS THE BEST OUTLOOK OR BETTER YETINSIGHT INTO HOW HE OVER CAME HARDSHIP AND TOOKIT TO HIS ADVANTAGE, BUT NEVER FORGOT HIS ROOTS.I WISH HE WAS MY BROTHER, SO HE COULD TEACH MESOME OF THE INSIGHT HE HAS AND THE FEELINGS FOR OTHERSTHAT HE SHOWS IN HIS BOOK.

Just buy this one and read then reread it! Great book and full of superb insights. Thanks Mr. Steinhardt!

A very honest book from an accomplished trader. He takes the book in various directions (finance, jewish ancestry, art and success, personal relationships) so it's not a pure finance book but I enjoyed reading this multi-faceted biography and I certainly admire the man for his success but most importantly to write his failures down in a book. Not a self-help or how-to-trade book.

Don't personally feel it gives me much insight

Very interesting book. It was a pleasure reading about a great man's experiences and thoughts. This success story is clearly the confluence of 1. the author's intelligence and decisiveness and 2. the opportunities offered by the environment within which he operated.Truly inspirational. I confidently recommend this book

Questo non è un libro sul trading, ma l'autobiografia di un trader che a Wall Street è diventato leggendario.Io ho trovato la lettura interessante e molto godibile. Vi sono aspetti della vita personale dell'autore che potrebbero non interessare.Vi sono anche delle gemme sparse qua e là sul mondo degli investimenti raccontate da chi ne ha fatto parte per tanti anni.

A good tale. Markets are background noise, not always central to the story. Quick read.