Author

Books by Fred Schwed Jr.

Fred Schwed Jr. was an American writer and former Wall Street trader who worked in the financial markets during the 1920s and 1930s. He lost a significant portion of his own capital in the 1929 crash, an experience that informed the sardonic perspective he brought to Where Are the Customers' Yachts?, published in 1940. The book was out of print for many years before being reissued and has since become a cult classic of financial literature. Schwed also wrote several children's books and had a secondary career as a humorist outside finance.