The Rule Lib/E: How I Beat the Odds in the Markets and in Life--And How You Can Too

The empowering story of Larry Hite's unlikely rise to the top of the hedge fund world-with critical insights and lessons you can take to the bank In The Rule, legendary trader and hedge fund pioneer Larry Hite recounts his working-class upbringing in Brooklyn as a dyslexic, partially blind kid who was anything but a model student-and how he went on to found and run Mint Investment Management Company, one of the most profitable and largest quantitative hedge funds in the world. Hite's wild success is based on his deep understanding that markets are flawed-just like people. Through his early-life struggles and failures, Hite came to know himself well-his fears, his frustrations, his self-doubt, and his tolerance for all of the above. This motivational book reveals that by accepting the facts of his life and of himself, he was able to accept markets as they are. And that was the key to his success. In these pages, you'll walk of the footsteps of an investing legend, who imparts smart, practical trading lessons throughout the journey. Making a successful living in trading isn't about beating the markets. It's about meeting markets where they are, embracing the fact of risk, knowing yourself, and playing it strictly by the numbers. The Rule shows that investing decisions are not only bets or gambles, but investments in time, energy, and attention. By focusing on realistic returns on your investments-versus what you expect or hope to get-you immediately improve your probability for success.

About the Author :
Larry Hite was the founding principal and Managing Director of Mint Investment Management Company. During his 13-year tenure, Mint's composite of funds achieved a compounded annual rate of return greater than 30 percent before fees. Hite pioneered the use of the "guaranteed fund" concept, which helped Mint be the first investment company to raise over $1 billion. Scott R. Pollak has over forty years of narration/broadcast/on-air experience, having started his career with public radio in New Orleans in the late 1970s. Currently he is the "voice" of NPR Atlanta (WABE-FM) for over thirteen years. He is the narrator of more than 175 audiobooks and has worked on voice-over projects for literally hundreds of corporate clients, including UPS, Xerox, American Express, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Publix, Humana, McGraw-Hill, BP, Microsoft, Liberty Mutual, Pandora radio, Staples, Wells-Fargo, Volkswagen, and many, many more. Scott has been a full-time freelance voice professional for the past twenty years, working from his in-home studio and having his work double and triple checked by his beautiful audio editor, his wife of more than thirty years.