Showing posts with label Frank Portnoy. Show all posts
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Friday, May 4, 2018

FIASCO: The Inside Story Of A Wall Street Trader – Frank Partnoy, 1997 ★★★

PERLS Before Swine

Partly a first-hand account of the culture of derivatives trading and Wall Street in the early 1990s, partly a cry for greater regulation in the face of increasingly out-of-control investment practices, FIASCO is an entertaining read hampered by a scattershot focus and offputting tone.