Peter Lynch

Peter Lynch managed the Fidelity Magellan Fund from 1977 to 1990, during which time the fund's assets grew from $20 million to $14 billion. More importantly, Lynch reportedly beat the S&P 500 Index benchmark in 11 of those 13 years, achieving an annual average return of 29%. Often described as a "chameleon," Peter Lynch adapted to whatever investment style worked at the time. But when it came to picking specific stocks, Peter Lynch stuck to what he knew and/or could easily understand.

Warren Buffett

He is an American presently working as a CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. He was not a founder of Berkshire Hathaway instead in year 1962 he began buying shares of this company and soon bought enough shares to gain administrative control over it. Now Berkshire Hathaway has major business focused on Insurance sector. Warren Buffett went to study business administration in Columbia Business School where Warren Buffett and David Dodd worked as a faculty. In 1951 he graduated with MS in economics. Buffett was very influenced by Benjamin Graham and later by Philip Fisher. He once told to newspapers that he was 85% Benjamin Graham and 15% Philip Fisher. Later he also made friendship with Charlie Munger who still works with Bufett in the board of Berkshire Hathaway. The principles of investing of Warren Buffett was very simple, Use market Fluctuation to your advantage, because market fluctuations makes price of good stocks as undervalued (time to buy, margin of safety) and also makes it overvalued (time to sell).

John Bogle

He is an American and has retired as CEO of Vanguard Group. His investment strategy includes investing in index funds. He has always advocated on investing in index funds over and above actively managed mutual funds. He believed that an index fund can beat any mutual funds over a long period of time. He has laid down below some very basic rules of investing which are driven more by common sense than any trick:

• Invest in any index fund which charges minimum fees
• Investing in too many mutual funds is not right. If objective is diversification then select the sector funds carefully.
• Make your portfolio a well diversified one and hold it for long term.

Julian Robertson

Julien Robertson is an American and was born in North Carolina. Tiger Management Corporation was founded and later managed by Julian Robertson. Tiger Management Corporation gave birth to world largest and most successful hedge funds ever. From 1980 to 1998, the Tiger funds managed by Julian Robertson returned 32% per annum of net performance. This is exceptional when you compare this performance with average market return of 12% over this period. A very important of saying of Julien Robertson speaks about the simplified this man had with him and we quote “our mandate is to find the 200 best companies in the world and invest in them, and find the 200 worst companies in the world and go short on them. If the 200 best don’t do better than the 200 worst, you should probably be in another business”.

George Soros

Soros is known for the unparalleled success of its fund Investment: Quantum Fund. Hedge fund guru George Soros has in fact created one of the best in the world on its investments: a sum of $1,000 USD invested in 1969 in the creation of Quantum Fund has acquired a $4 million in 2000, representing annual profits by 32%.

His investment philosophy includes his general theory of investment is that financial markets are irrational. The prices of stocks, bonds and currencies depend on the reactions of human beings who buy and sell, traders often react emotionally rather than rationally. Opportunities can be found by analyzing in depth the value of assets and capitalization. George Soros is focused on the theory of reflexivity, which is based on the following hypothesis: the perception of each investor individually has an impact on financial markets and the economy.