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According to Publisher’s Weekly, @gselevator says he will sue the publisher “100 times over” if they try to get back the book advance they gave him. Nothing sounds more appealing to another publisher. For a guy who has made a living off of 140 characters or less, you’d think he’d be more careful with his … Read more
I’m heading to London for the U.K. book launch in February. A trader told me: ‘Nobody gives a shit about your education/GPA/resume. To get a job on Wall St you need to know someone who already works there, and be able to handle numbers’. Is that true? There’s a lot of truth to that … Read more
Once upon a time there was a bulge bracket firm. The wide open trading floor had rows and rows of desks. Computer screens stacked one on top of the other rose to midair. The seats occupied by mid-life and fledgling Corporate America. Phone cords stretched twenty feet while traders and salesmen spit compliments and hum … Read more
I’ve never met Jordan Belfort. So I can’t speak to the kind of man he was / is… But I just stumbled upon his Facebook page with his most recent post. The irony is too great to ignore… To all my friends and fans, and my “friends” in the press. This is one of … Read more
Airing January 7th on PBS Frontline… I’m very excited to see this film – I did an interview with them for about 90 minutes back in July. Watch the trailer… To Catch a Trader
Everyone knows the most famous line from the Declaration of Independence… The Pursuit of Happiness. But I think for myself I didn’t really understand the true meaning of happiness. Aristotle wrote, “the happy man lives well and does well; for we have practically defined happiness as a sort of good life and good action.” Happiness … Read more
July 1996 I’m surrounded by women. The bar, Cite is across the street from our office and is a fan favorite. I’d only recently begun going out after work with my peers. I’m not really all that comfortable with the suit-and-tie, Wall Street hangouts. Give me a pair of jeans and a sawdust floor any … Read more
Over at Wall Street Oasis today… (Plan) B Student
I’ve had some request for photos from The Buy Side… It was a struggle to come up with these – but this is the best that I’ve got.
Dear Stephen King, Growing up in Maine in the ‘80s, there wasn’t a whole lot to brag about—or at least so it seemed. Sure we had the beautiful rocky coast, the best lobsters in the world and were one of the first states to initiate recycling! But who wants to stick their chest … Read more