The Buy Side A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess

Turney Duff

eBook - 2013

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A former Galleon Group trader portrays an after-hours Wall Street culture where drugs and sex are rampant and billions in trading commissions flow to those who dangle the most enticements. A remarkable writing debut, filled with indelible moments, The Buy Side shows as no book ever has the rewards—and dizzying temptations—of making a living on the Street. Growing up in the 1980’s Turney Duff was your average kid from Kennebunk, Maine, eager to expand his horizons. After trying – and failing – to land a job as a journalist, he secured a trainee position at Morgan Stanley and got his first feel for the pecking order that exists in the trading pits. Those on the “buy side,” the traders who make lar...ge bets on whether a stock will rise or fall, are the “alphas” and those on the “sell side,” the brokers who...

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Published
Crown
Language
English
Main Author
Turney Duff
Online Access
OverDrive Resource Page
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Kindle Book, OverDrive Read eBook
Kindle Book
ASINB00ALBR6JG
Release Date6/4/2013
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9780770437169
Release Date6/4/2013