Expand your understanding of finance and investment sales, with our reviews of the latest informative and entertaining tales from the industry insiders.
Leigh Boyer’s debut novel, From Wall Street with Love, is a scandalous tale of the inside workings that goes on in the world of high finance. From the first page you are drawn into a web of deception, lies, and an every-man-for-himself mentality. This book will really make you think about what it takes to Read More …
The Greatest Trade Ever: How John Paulson Bet Against the Markets and Made $20 Billion In 2006, hedge fund manager John Paulson realized something few others suspected–that the housing market and the value of subprime mortgages were grossly inflated and headed for a major fall. Paulson’s background was in mergers and acquisitions, however, and he Read More …
Michael Lewis’s 1989 Liar’s Poker, exposed the shenanigans of Wall Street bond-trading house Salomon Brothers at their greatest prosperity in the mid eighties. The Traders of Salomon were a mercenary bunch of ignorant, gluttonous, hooligans who didn’t get what they deserved… Treacherous to everyone in every way – from colleagues, superiors, juniors and customers, this Read More …