Throughout the violent financial disruptions of the past several years, three men have stood out as beacons of judgment and wisdom: Warren Buffett, George Soros and Paul Volcker. Though their experiences and styles vary - Buffett is the canny stock-market investor, Soros the big-thinking reader of shifting global tides, and Volcker the regulator and policy-maker - they have much in common. Each has more than fifty years of deep involvement in the markets, and all are skeptical of Wall Street frenzies. They have seen too many cycles of herd-driven booms and busts to trust simplistic accounts of the market. With the benefit of his own deep understanding of financial markets, Charles R. Morris brilliantly analyses the records of these three men. He distils their wisdom and experience, and shows how their insights can help us navigate the treacherous financial terrain ahead.