Benjamin Graham
1894–1976 · Father of value investing — intrinsic value, the margin of safety, and Mr. Market.
Read the profile →Richard Donchian
1905–1993 · Father of trend following — channels, breakouts, and mechanical rules.
Read the profile →Nicolas Darvas
1920–1977 · The dancer who traded by telegram — the Darvas Box breakout method.
Read the profile →Warren Buffett
b. 1930 · The Oracle of Omaha — Graham's student who made value investing legendary.
Read the profile →William O'Neil
1933–2023 · Founder of IBD; the CAN SLIM method of buying winning growth stocks.
Read the profile →Philip Fisher
1907–2004 · Father of growth investing — quality, "scuttlebutt," and the long hold.
Read the profile →John Magee
1901–1987 · Co-author of Technical Analysis of Stock Trends — codified chart patterns.
Read the profile →Joseph Granville
1923–2013 · Creator of On-Balance Volume — "volume precedes price."
Read the profile →George Lane
1921–2004 · Popularised the Stochastic Oscillator — "Lane's Stochastics."
Read the profile →Goichi Hosoda
1898–1982 · Creator of Ichimoku Kinko Hyo, the one-glance cloud system.
Read the profile →Chester W. Keltner
1909–1998 · Namesake of the Keltner Channel.
Read the profile →George Chestnutt
fl. 1930s–60s · Relative-strength pioneer who ran the American Investors Fund.
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Gerald Loeb, Jesse Livermore's contemporaries, and more.