GOD IN THE PITS: THE ENRON-JIHAD
EDITION REVIEWS
“God in the Pits is a compelling story of
Mark Ritchie’s quest for meaning and truth in the Commodity pits and the pits
of life. I read about 30 books a year. None has gripped me more…. With his
trading experience as a backdrop, he unveils a path to truth about his physical
and spiritual world that has real meaning. Must read for seekers of value,
truth, and reality in the biggest sense.”
—Merrill
J. Oster, Publisher Futures Magazine
“Successful
traders are few and far between, and fewer still write autobiographies. But the
public clamor for insights into the minds of successful traders has placed
books such as Reminiscences of a Stock
Operator among the bestsellers of all time. God in the Pits deserves
to join it…. A dynamic and well written book— a truth page-turner.”
—Barron’s
"Makes a case that it
is possible to go long on soybeans without compromising one’s religious devotion.”
—Forbes
“Could be just what the pits
need.”
—Institutional Investor
“Excellent.”
—Donald J. Trump
“One of the five books
that should be in the business person’s essential library.”
—Working Woman
“Some people would be
surprised, even skeptical, to hear a trader talk about how he found God and
about the importance of God in his life. But that is the story Mark Ritchie
successfully relates in this poignant and sensitively written book.”
—Kansas City Times
“They are ordinary guys
and certified psychos, calculating entrepreneurs and seat-of-the-pants
gamblers. They are all found in the pits…. Then along comes Mark Ritchie, and
you can add Mother Theresa to the stew. Ritchie is a former pit trader and a
founding partner of Chicago Research and Trading, one of the leading
commodity options trading firms. Unlike most of his peers, the excess baggage
Ritchie took to the pits was a fundamentalist Christian upbringing, and even more unlike other traders, he gives
his trading profits away to the poorest people in the world…. The effort is
something you can pull for, and Ritchie’s story is surely one of the most
unexpected to emerge from the trading floor…. It is, however, a truth tortuous
journey to the promised land.”
—Chicago Sun-Times Book Review
“He provides insights into
the ethical and moral inner conflicts that anyone doing business must face and
offers illuminating glimpses into the workings of commodities trading, as well
as explains how he can be both a rigorous money-maker and a man of strong
Christian belief. He writes with a genuine sincerity and without
proselytizing.”
—American
Library Association Booklist
Mark Ritchie
“His wit and honesty are
very appealing. He has a genuine capacity for discerning and conveying
spiritual insights––with a refreshing lack of ego inflation. A welcome and
unusual item in the confessional genre.”
—Library Journal
“Ritchie seems to have
managed the biblically impossible task of serving both God and mammon. An
observant (albeit live-and-let-live) Christian, the author has earned a
considerable fortune in Chicago’s rough-and-tumble futures markets. On the
evidence of his low-key text, which combines a spiritual autobiography and
personal memoir with a rags-to-riches success story, he’s also an extremely rewarding
writer…. Obviously aware that his insistence that Christians live up to the
teachings of the Master will win him few friends among organized religions, the
author pokes gentle fun at truth believers and ideologues…. Nor are his
oft-expressed views that amateurs should not speculate in commodities
calculated to endear him to fellow traders who make fine livings from the
public. Another Mark (with the last name of Twain), is said to have remarked on
the ‘calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.’ Ritchie has this sort of
assurance and more, which he shares in a very special book.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Excerpt from God in the Pits, The Enron-Jihad Edition, by Mark Andrew Ritchie
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