The Davis Dynasty: Fifty Years of Successful Investing on Wall Street

ThisworkpresemtsahalfcenturyofWallStreethistoryasseenthroughthelivesofitsmostillustriousfamily.ThiscompellingnewnarrativefrombestsellingauthorJohnRothchildtellsthestoryofthreegenerationsofthelegendaryDavisfamily,whorankamongthemostsuccessfulinvestorsinthehistoryoftheStreet.Withanovelist'switandeyefortellingdetail,Rothchildchroniclesthefinancialescapadesofthiseccentric,pioneeringclan,providingavividportraitoffiftyyearsofWallStreethistoryalongtheway.RothchildshadowstheDavisfamily'sholdingsthroughtwolengthybullmarkets,twosavageandsevenmildbearmarkets,onecrash,andtwentyfivecorrectionsand,intheprocess,revealsthestrategiesbehindthefamilysuncannyabilitytoconsistentlybeatthemarkets.TheDavisDynastybeginsin1947,theyearShelbyDavisquithisjobasastatebureaucratand,armedwith$50,000ofhiswife'smoney,tooktheplungeintostockinvesting.Bythetimehediedin1994,hehadmultipliedhiswife'soriginalstake8,000times!Thestorycontinueswithhisson,Shelby,whoestablishedoneofthemostsuccessfulfundsofthepastthirtyyears.ThefinalcharactersinthisenthrallingfamilysagaaregrandsonsChrisandAndrew.BothsurrenderedtotheDavisfamilypassionforinvestingandbothwentontoearnreputationsasinvestmentluminariesintheirownright.JohnRothchild(MiamiBeach,FL)cowrotetheblockbusters"OneUponWallStreet","BeatingtheStreet",and"LearntoEarnwithPeterLynch".Heistheauthorof"SurviveandProfitinFerociousMarkets"(Wiley:0471348821),"AFoolandHisMoney"(Wiley:0471251380),and"GoingforBroke".Hehaswrittenfor"Harper's","RollingStone","Esquire",andotherleadingmagazinesandhehasappearedonthe"TodayShow","TheNightlyBusinessReport",andCNBC.