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I read Liar's Poker one time and didn't get much out of it. ...
slap-happy alpha stag film
  04/21/18
The Buy Side
apoplectic site boistinker
  04/21/18
barbarians at the gate is great
hairraiser theatre
  04/21/18
"Barbarians at the Gate" and "Den of Thieves&...
Excitant selfie
  04/21/18
The Last Tycoons
greedy trump supporter
  04/21/18
I also enjoyed a fictional book, i.e. novel, called Bombardi...
slap-happy alpha stag film
  04/21/18
The Ascent of Money Too Big to Fail Lords of Finance Agai...
apoplectic site boistinker
  04/21/18
Dreams from My Father is excellent
Misunderstood bonkers becky giraffe
  04/21/18


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Date: April 21st, 2018 10:22 AM
Author: slap-happy alpha stag film

I read Liar's Poker one time and didn't get much out of it. I've quoted from Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle a few times, that's a fun read. I also enjoyed Riding the Bull: My Year in the Madness at Merrill Lynch. That's more of a downbeat or pessimistic story though, the author ended up getting fired. There was a review on bn.com, long since gone, from someone who worked with the author at ML and says he knew he wasn't going to make it 'cos he didn't have enough of a killer instinct.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955675&forum_id=2#35887694)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 10:41 AM
Author: apoplectic site boistinker

The Buy Side

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Date: April 21st, 2018 10:24 AM
Author: hairraiser theatre

barbarians at the gate is great

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Date: April 21st, 2018 10:25 AM
Author: Excitant selfie

"Barbarians at the Gate" and "Den of Thieves" are the two best books in the genre, imo.

Too Big to Fail is not as fun, but more recent and still really good.

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Date: April 21st, 2018 10:37 AM
Author: greedy trump supporter

The Last Tycoons

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Date: April 21st, 2018 10:40 AM
Author: slap-happy alpha stag film

I also enjoyed a fictional book, i.e. novel, called Bombardiers, by Po Bronson. Two things I remember: a guy on the trading floor stroking his bald head while looking at a female, not realizing other people noticed and were laughing at him, and a woman who got fed up and took a garbage bag and dumped the contents of her desk in it before walking out. Later another woman made the mistake of announcing she was quitting, and a security guard prevented her from taking anything useful with her. A reviewer on Ama criticized the author for "bashing" the securities industry, lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955675&forum_id=2#35887764)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 10:40 AM
Author: apoplectic site boistinker

The Ascent of Money

Too Big to Fail

Lords of Finance

Against the Gods

Once in Gulconda

Devil Take the Hindmost

Business Adventures

Smartest Guys in the Room

These are all basically classics now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3955675&forum_id=2#35887768)



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Date: April 21st, 2018 10:41 AM
Author: Misunderstood bonkers becky giraffe

Dreams from My Father is excellent

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