turneyduff

I’m such a fan of @jaltucher so it was a big honor to be on his podcast – http://www.jamesaltucher.com/2016/02/turney-duff/

Hey, Turney. I need a spot for tonight,” Paul said. I knew the dude, but not well. He was a senior broker and I was a sales assistant. It was the late 90s and I was “The Guy.” There’s one in every office on Wall Street. He’s the person who can tell you where to … Read more

If you’re wondering if it’s safe to put some new money to work in the stock market, the first question you have to ask is: How much fear is already priced in? I put that question to several hedge-fund managers, traders, sales traders, analysts and day traders I know. The collective sentiment could be summed … Read more

Trying to predict who will be the next president is a sport on Wall Street. Hedge funds and banks spend enormous amounts of money, time and resources on trying to get an edge on who will win. The 2016 president election will dramatically change the asset allocation and exposure of everyone’s portfolio. A few elections … Read more

It was a perverse year on Wall Street. “The Big Short” movie and “Flash Boys” book reminded us of how evil some of the players in finance are – though, I’m not sure we’re any closer to knowing how big the bad apple population is on Wall Street. Martin Shkreli put on his bad boy … Read more

Recently I was contacted by a journalist from the New York Times – he was writing a piece for the Fashion & Style section. Here it is… READ ARTICLE

My friends and I got to the theater 40 minutes before the film started and we were about 40th in line. By the time the doors opened, there were at least another 80 people behind us. There was a definite buzz and anticipation for “The Big Short” and I have to say — I wasn’t … Read more

I may be doing some more stuff with the Insider Magazine in 2016. Some fun stuff… We’ll see. Here’s a recent interview I did with them… The Insider Magazine interview

“You’re out next week?” my trading assistant asked during lunch. “Where are you going?” “Nevis,” I said. “The Four Seasons.” “Where’s that?” “The Caribbean,” I said. “I think…” The truth was I didn’t really know where Nevis was. But I wasn’t worried. A friend of mine who owned his own brokerage firm and was worth … Read more

On a freezing 5-degree day in December 2010, Jesse Itzler found himself waist high in a frozen lake in Connecticut. “We’ve got five minutes till frostbite … GET OUT NOW!” his Navy Seal house guest yelled at him. Jesse didn’t know what to think. “Don’t touch your skin to the ice as you get out … Read more