Wolf of wall street now
597975
I don't like the fact that this story blanched what used to be a fairly worthy industry. The sales tactics used should not be emulated or repeated. There are those that know instinctually that it is wrong, and those that don't. This book and film indicate those that don't. In my 27 years in the business, I still cannot recommend a stock, I have never seen the "good " side of it and had it been people like us, and not them the rich would not have been made poor, and Opera would be flourishing, instead of fading, we would be on our way back from Mars for the second, manned, time and no one would have ever heard of retractable needles or Saftey kleen. And pot would have been legalized years ago and the hippes would not have been embarrassed by the outer-borough types embarrising them about a party the night before in public, when we, who were "cool" would know , just know, not to do such thing.
4816570
This app now crawls to the point of being unusable.  WSJ pushed an update last week that apparently makes huge pictures download that slows the app down to the point you have to start the app and go find something else to to for 30 min.  Too bad, it was a good app previously.  If it hasn't been fixed by next week I'll have to cancel.
3199272
Another nail in the moral code of our financial industry which caused our meltdown in 2008.  This book along with Devil's Casino show us how the CLUB on Wall St. only care about what goes into their pockets, and not  what is best for our country. WaMu provided the crap that the Wall Streeters wanted to foist onto the investment world which includes pensions for hard working people not members of the club.  I believe in capitalism, but what I can't understand is how these idiots can take control of a fine institution and not only ruin it but contribute to our ruined economy.  Very similar to Conspiracy of Fools.....downfall of ENRON....destroyed by other idiots.  Each decade has its thieves.  The 90's had Blodgett and Golub, read Blood in the Streets by Gasparini.......tech bubble...pumping bad stocks which they underwrite.  What will the next decade bring us?
4646616
The Money, the Mob and Wall Street.

What a tour de force! What an enjoyable piece of writing! By what am I so fascinated? Its Harry Brooks new blockbuster, The Money, the  Mob and Wall Street. Who in the world has the ability to decode the mind-numbing concepts of Guaranteed Investment Contracts? Interest rate returns? Market price? Rate rigging of bonds? and make it interesting   Harry Brooks does in this fast-paced novel that not only entertains but educates. The writing is crisp and thoroughly focused. The character development, especially of Wade Simon, the young athlete and central figure who ultimately becomes the CEO of a Wall Street brokerage firm;  Angelo Santino, the Old/New Age Godfather;  Albert Kline, the rapacious Wall Streeter; and Sidney Kramer, the wise and slick attorney. There are many other characters passing through this well-defined nucleus of our financial world inhabited by greedy traders and bankers and well-dressed and perfectly presentable members of the mob who have  infiltrated Wall Street.
The Money, the Mob and Wall Street is a must read. Harry Brooks has done it again.
4801826
If you liked Rogue Trader the movie, then you'll love this book. I first saw that film in 2008 after I got crushed in the market by being long and averaging down eur/usd in October. I was still early on in my trading career and hadn't really learned that you can't argue with the market. (I knew that on a theoretical level, of course, but putting it in practice was a different matter). I could instantly relate to Nick's trading mistakes. Even though I've watched the movie several times since then, I don't really know why I haven't picked the book till now. I agree that's an interesting book, a financial thriller like other reviewer put it. But as a trader myself, I view it as a cautionary tale as well. I think every beginning trader should read it and watch the movie.
4497514
Not quite as good as Wall Street but still enjoyable.  I liked the portrayal of the 2008 crash, what it took for Gordon Gekko to come back, and the symbolic bubbles at the ending birthday party alluding to "watch out for the next bubble caused crash".  Michael Douglas and Josh Brolin were great as usual, Shia LaBeouf was adequate, and Carey Mulligan was somewhat disappointing.  Too bad Eli Wallach's role was so short.  Good special features as well.
2204861
I've been a subscriber to the WSJ since the 1980's.  I just received my latest subscription renewal notice and it is for $349 for a year.  That is much higher price than any previous person has quoted.  Plus the paper is 2 to 4 days out of date by the time I receive it.  That is enough of a reason to buy a Kindle and subscribe even though I cannot get wireless delivery.  Downloading it through the web has to be more timely than my current delivery.
921977
Oliver Stone's "Wall Street" chronicles the rise of unbridled greed, of reckless gambling with the other people's money, of soulless financiers whose God is cash.  Some of the details are dated now -- the opening shots of the World Trade Towers, the IBM dumb terminals everywhere, Motorola "brick" wireless phones, the dollar amounts thrown about as astronomical in 1985 -- but the story behind the details and the motivations of the characters are as good a lesson as you're going to find.  As a matter of fact, in the extras it is revealed that the director and cast used Bear Stearns as the model for their portrayals.  How ironic then that the tagline for the film, "Greed is good," should end up eulogizing the era of narcissistic excess that the movie portrays.
3444896
Great, stunning story (true) of the sickening fall of Wall Street and the people that saw it happening first. Love the actors. A real eye-opener.
3650219
So far this book is informative and since I have been watching the NY Stock Exchange lately, this has been a great time to purchase a few shares of stock. I do enjoy the insight and what to look for when looking at the NYSE and deciding what stocks to buy.  I am a novice so I am careful into understanding and learning how to buy stock..
4290919
The Big Short has tremendous acting--didnt know Ryan Gosling did anything but kill people and look mean.  Here he is the anti-hero.

Its a story by Michael Lewis (Moneyball) which explains the financial meltdown of 2008 in spectacular fashion.  Christian Bale (God he is SO good!!) is Dr. Michael Burrows who figures out that the housing market is about to crash...so he goes to finance companies like Bear Sterns, Goldman--all the big banks and wants to short the housing market.  everyone says the same thing---Everyone pays their mortgage!  Why would you think it would go bad?  Well with sub-prime mortgages it went VERY bad--global recession.

Well told, great actors, great characters--you will HATE what Wall Street did to us and walked away with tens of millions of dollars in bonuses while most of us lost everything.

At the end the narrator Gosling said how all these people went to prison, the SEC and congress implemented new rules etc...then laughed--laughed! and said--Only one small trader went to jail and the country blamed the poor, immigrants...and teachers.  And Wall Street is back doing its dirty work again.

Sound familiar?
2010129
read about this in Wall St Journal and good old Amazon got it to me
4627236
I was really interested how the wall street works..... is his story reality ?
A nice ending with his realization to pay-back after using others, however...
can we ever change this system ?  It really kept me going to the end, but
there were some sections that were too long....  Thank you very much for your story!
3425796
If Mario. Cabell endorsed this book and buys these conversions himself. Enoughj said  .He is on cnbc and fox monthly. If hr is in ,i am in  .This is a great investment idea.
2129023
Amazing story. Really gives the reader an inside view into the world of Wall Street pre 2008, and inspired me to learn more about investment in general.
4595762
Everyone should read this book. Interesting portrayal of the Wall Street melt down.
4179818
Once you start this story you won't be able to stop
It is very timely with all that is happening the last few years on Wall Street and what has been in the news recently with hedge funds.
I hope JJ has more novels in  the pipeline!!