The Buy Side A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess
eAudio - 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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File Size | 251 GB |
ISBN | 9780385360265 |
Release Date | 6/4/2013 |