Wall Street

The Zeroes on Morning Joe

Portfolio author Randall Lane was on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today to discuss his book THE ZEROES: My Misadventures in the Decade Wall Street Went Insane.  Here’s that great clip: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

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Inside the Wall Street Insanity

MarketWatch has a review up for The Zeroes by Randall Lane. According to MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman: Anybody who wants to understand Wall Street’s insanity should read this book. Friedman also makes things easy for the casting director, should The Zeroes ever make it to Hollywood: If Hollywood makes a movie out of “The Zeroes,” I [...]

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Explaining Bonuses on the Back of a Napkin

In the tradition of his excellent health care napkins, Unfolding the Napkin and The Back of the Napkin author Dan Roam explains yet another complicated topic with simple pictures. Check out his take on the Wall Street bonus system. I think I finally get it now… [Original post from bnet]

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Lehman Brothers–a Retrospective

In honor of the one-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the former vice chairman of the firm, Barbara Byrne, recounted the experience of living through the final days of the 164-year-old firm in a recent interview with Fortune. Commenting on the consequences of the Lehman bankruptcy, Byrne said: I think that allowing the [...]

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A New Book from Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis is perhaps best known for writing Liar’s Poker, which is based on his experience working on Wall Street in the 1980′s.   He’s since wrote other successful books, including Moneyball and The Blind Side. Lewis was on The Daily Show last week to discuss his latest book, Home Game – in which he tackles [...]

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