Wall Street Meat

Informationen zum Autor After turning $100 million into $1 billion riding the technology wave of the late 1990s, Andy Kessler recounted his experiences on Wall Street and in the trenches of the hedge fund industry in the books Wall Street Meat and Running Money (and its companion volume, How We Got Here ). Though he has retired from actively managing other people's money, he remains a passionate and curious investor. Unable to keep his many opinions to himself, he contributes to the Wall Street Journal , Wired , and lots of Web sites on a variety of Wall Street and technology-related topics, and is often seen on CNBC, FOX, and CNN. He lives in Silicon Valley like all the other tech guys. Klappentext Wall Street is a funny business. All you have is your reputation. Taint it and someone else will fill your shoes. Longevity comes from maintaining that reputation. Ask Jack Grubman, the All-Star telecom analyst from Salomon Smith Barney; uber-banker Frank Quattrone at CS First Boston; Morgan Stanley's Mary "Queen of the Net" Meeker; or Merrill Lynch's Henry Blodget.Well, they probably won't tell you anything. But have I got some great stories for you. Successful hedge fund manager Andy Kessler looks back on his years as an analyst on Wall Street and offers this cautionary tale of the intoxicating forces loose in the world of finance that overwhelmed sober analysis. Zusammenfassung Wall Street is a funny business. All you have is your reputation. Taint it and someone else will fill your shoes. Longevity comes from maintaining that reputation. Ask Jack Grubman! the All-Star telecom analyst from Salomon Smith Barney; uber-banker Frank Quattrone at CS First Boston; Morgan Stanley's Mary "Queen of the Net" Meeker; or Merrill Lynch's Henry Blodget. Well! they probably won't tell you anything. But have I got some great stories for you. Successful hedge fund manager Andy Kessler looks back on his years as an analyst on Wall Street and offers this cautionary tale of the intoxicating forces loose in the world of finance that overwhelmed sober analysis. ...

Product details

• Authors: Andy Kessler
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.2004
• EAN: 9780060592141
• ISBN: 978-0-06-059214-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 202 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Economics, Business and Management, Memoirs, Banking, Management: leadership and motivation, History of the Americas, The Americas, Biography: business and industry, Investment and securities, Biography: historical, political and military, Management and management techniques, Political leaders and leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economics / General, ECONOMICS: HISTORY, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Finance / General, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Banks & Banking, Finance and the finance industry, Economics / History