50 Books like The Wolf of Wall Street / Catching the Wolf of Wall Street

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst

by Daniel Reingold • 2006

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

3.88

1k+

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst Summary

Confessions of a Wall Street Analyst 95%

His rival was the king of telecom analysts. WorldCom was his kingdom. Then the fraud unraveled.

by Daniel Reingold 2006

3.88

1k+ ratings

🏢 Wall Street Insiders ⚖️ Conflicts Of Interest 🔍 Insider Information 📡 Tech Bubbles 🕵️ Corporate Fraud

Rogue Trader

by Nick Leeson • 1996

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

3.93

1k+

🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📝 Confession Memoirs

Rogue Trader 95%

A 233-year-old bank collapsed because one young trader was allowed to hide his own losses.

by Nick Leeson 1996

3.93

1k+ ratings

🔍 Financial Fraud 🏦 Banking Failures 📊 Derivatives Trading ⚠️ Risk Management 📝 Confession Memoirs

The Buy Side

by Turney Duff • 2013

He faked a mugging to hide his cocaine binge. The bottom that saved a Wall Street trader's life.

3.97

6k+

🧳 Wall Street Memoirs 🏦 Hedge Fund Culture 🍸 Wall Street Excess ❄️ Cocaine Addiction 🔄 Recovery Memoirs

The Buy Side 95%

He faked a mugging to hide his cocaine binge. The bottom that saved a Wall Street trader's life.

by Turney Duff 2013

3.97

6k+ ratings

🧳 Wall Street Memoirs 🏦 Hedge Fund Culture 🍸 Wall Street Excess ❄️ Cocaine Addiction 🔄 Recovery Memoirs

Black Edge

by Sheelah Kolhatkar • 2017

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

4.20

17k+

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Black Edge 94%

When the FBI wiretapped a hedge fund, they found traders swapping illegal secrets for millions.

by Sheelah Kolhatkar 2017

4.20

17k+ ratings

💰 Hedge Funds 🕵️ Insider Trading 👔 White Collar Crime 🏦 Wall Street Culture 📰 Investigative Journalism

Exile on Wall Street

by Mike Mayo • 2011

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

3.69

260

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Corporate Governance 🧮 Creative Accounting

Exile on Wall Street 94%

Wall Street learned nothing from 2008. One analyst who saw it coming explains why.

by Mike Mayo 2011

3.69

260 ratings

🏦 Banking Industry 📖 Wall Street Memoirs 📉 Financial Crises 🏛️ Corporate Governance 🧮 Creative Accounting

The Trading Game

by Gary Stevenson • 2024

He won millions predicting stagnation. His bank told him to shut up. He walked.

4.12

24k+

🏦 Trading Memoirs 🏛️ Wall Street Culture 📉 Economic Inequality 🗣️ Whistleblower Accounts 📈 Working Class Mobility

The Trading Game 94%

He won millions predicting stagnation. His bank told him to shut up. He walked.

by Gary Stevenson 2024

4.12

24k+ ratings

🏦 Trading Memoirs 🏛️ Wall Street Culture 📉 Economic Inequality 🗣️ Whistleblower Accounts 📈 Working Class Mobility

Confidence Game

by Christine S. Richard • 2010

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

4.14

927

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors 🕵️ Corporate Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Confidence Game 94%

Bill Ackman bet the biggest bond insurer was a fraud. The market laughed; then the system collapsed.

by Christine S. Richard 2010

4.14

927 ratings

🐻 Short Selling 🏚️ 2008 Financial Crisis 🦈 Activist Investors 🕵️ Corporate Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture

Money Men

by Dan McCrum • 2022

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

4.03

3k+

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

Money Men 94%

When a reporter questioned Wirecard's Asian billions, the company hired spies to destroy him.

by Dan McCrum 2022

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 🔍 Investigative Journalism 📢 Whistleblowers ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 📉 Short Sellers

The Predators' Ball

by Connie Bruck • 1988

Michael Milken built a junk-bond empire that fueled the '80s takeover binge. Then the FBI arrived.

4.09

4k+

💰 Junk Bond Era 🦈 Corporate Raiders ⚔️ Hostile Takeovers 👮 Insider Trading 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Predators' Ball 93%

Michael Milken built a junk-bond empire that fueled the '80s takeover binge. Then the FBI arrived.

by Connie Bruck 1988

4.09

4k+ ratings

💰 Junk Bond Era 🦈 Corporate Raiders ⚔️ Hostile Takeovers 👮 Insider Trading 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Bull by the Horns

by Sheila Bair • 2012

She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.

3.91

494

🏦 Financial Regulation 🎭 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🛡️ Predatory Lending

Bull by the Horns 93%

She buried the banks Washington wanted saved. The FDIC chair's account of the 2008 bailout wars.

by Sheila Bair 2012

3.91

494 ratings

🏦 Financial Regulation 🎭 Regulatory Capture 🏛️ Too Big To Fail ⚠️ Moral Hazard 🛡️ Predatory Lending

Crypto Confidential

by Nathaniel Eliason • 2024

A 7,700 percent gain, then zero: one insider's ride through the crypto casino.

4.21

740

🪙 Crypto Markets 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧪 Behavioral Economics ⚠️ Cautionary Tales 🎙️ Insider Tell-All

Crypto Confidential 93%

A 7,700 percent gain, then zero: one insider's ride through the crypto casino.

by Nathaniel Eliason 2024

4.21

740 ratings

🪙 Crypto Markets 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🧪 Behavioral Economics ⚠️ Cautionary Tales 🎙️ Insider Tell-All

Liar's Poker

by Michael Lewis • 1989

Two Fed decisions, not trader genius, created the 1980s bond fortune, and the men inside never knew.

4.15

113k+

🧱 Wall Street Culture 💾 1980s Finance 📈 Trading Memoirs 📊 Information Asymmetry ↔️ Contrarian Investing

Liar's Poker 93%

Two Fed decisions, not trader genius, created the 1980s bond fortune, and the men inside never knew.

by Michael Lewis 1989

4.15

113k+ ratings

🧱 Wall Street Culture 💾 1980s Finance 📈 Trading Memoirs 📊 Information Asymmetry ↔️ Contrarian Investing

The Key Man

by Simon Clark • 2021

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

4.18

3k+

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Key Man 93%

Davos loved him. Bill Gates trusted him. He promised profit from poverty, then stole a billion.

by Simon Clark 2021

4.18

3k+ ratings

🏢 Private Equity 🌍 Emerging Markets 💸 Financial Fraud 🌱 Impact Investing 🤝 Elite Networks

The Smartest Guys in the Room

by Bethany McLean • 2003

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

4.22

28k+

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

The Smartest Guys in the Room 93%

Enron: $70 billion in value, zero in real earnings. The people paid to notice looked away.

by Bethany McLean 2003

4.22

28k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Fraud 📊 Accounting Manipulation 🏛️ Corporate Governance 💼 Corporate Hubris 🏦 Wall Street Culture

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One

by William K. Black • 1995

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

4.06

185

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One Summary

The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One 93%

Bank CEOs were the biggest bank robbers, using deregulation to loot their own institutions.

by William K. Black 1995

4.06

185 ratings

🏦 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📊 Accounting Fraud ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎲 Moral Hazard

Fooling some of the People all of the time

by David Einhorn • 2007

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

4.01

4k+

🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Regulatory Failure

Fooling some of the People all of the time Summary

Fooling some of the People all of the time 93%

He exposed their accounting fraud and shorted the stock. So they stole his phone records.

by David Einhorn 2007

4.01

4k+ ratings

🔍 Corporate Fraud 📉 Short Selling ⚡ Activist Investing 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Regulatory Failure

The Accidental Investment Banker

by Jonathan A. Knee • 2006

Inside the decade investment banks abandoned client loyalty for fast deals and met the dot-com bust.

3.58

849

🏦 Investment Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🕶️ Insider Memoir 🤝 Deal Making ⚠️ Conflicts Of Interest

The Accidental Investment Banker Summary

The Accidental Investment Banker 93%

Inside the decade investment banks abandoned client loyalty for fast deals and met the dot-com bust.

by Jonathan A. Knee 2006

3.58

849 ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 🗽 Wall Street History 🕶️ Insider Memoir 🤝 Deal Making ⚠️ Conflicts Of Interest

The Billionaire's Apprentice

by Anita Raghavan • 2013

A Goldman board member called a billionaire hedge fund manager. The FBI was listening.

4.17

2k+

📉 Insider Trading 🏛️ Wall Street Crime ⚖️ White-Collar Prosecution 🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🏢 Corporate Governance

The Billionaire's Apprentice 93%

A Goldman board member called a billionaire hedge fund manager. The FBI was listening.

by Anita Raghavan 2013

4.17

2k+ ratings

📉 Insider Trading 🏛️ Wall Street Crime ⚖️ White-Collar Prosecution 🌏 South Asian Diaspora 🏢 Corporate Governance

The Spider Network

by David Enrich • 2017

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

4.07

7k+

🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation ⚠️ Regulatory Failure 🎯 Scapegoating

The Spider Network 93%

A math savant rigged Libor. His bank confessed; he alone went to prison.

by David Enrich 2017

4.07

7k+ ratings

🏦 Banking Scandals 👔 White Collar Crime 📉 Market Manipulation ⚠️ Regulatory Failure 🎯 Scapegoating

Molly's Game

by Molly Bloom • 2014

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

3.84

25k+

🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

Molly's Game 93%

Tobey Maguire won millions at her table. Leonardo DiCaprio was a regular. The FBI seized everything.

by Molly Bloom 2014

3.84

25k+ ratings

🎰 High-Stakes Gambling 👩‍💼 Female Entrepreneurship 🕶️ Underground Economies 🌟 Celebrity Culture ⚡ Power Dynamics

People vs. Donald Trump

by Mark Pomerantz • 2023

Why a veteran prosecutor quit after building the fraud case against Trump: the inside story.

4.06

753

🕵️ White-Collar Crime ⚖️ Prosecutorial Ethics 📜 Legal Memoir 💸 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Prosecutorial Discretion

People vs. Donald Trump 93%

Why a veteran prosecutor quit after building the fraud case against Trump: the inside story.

by Mark Pomerantz 2023

4.06

753 ratings

🕵️ White-Collar Crime ⚖️ Prosecutorial Ethics 📜 Legal Memoir 💸 Financial Fraud 🏛️ Prosecutorial Discretion

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire

by Dan Conway • 2019

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

4.22

199

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation 🍸 Addiction Memoir 🎲 Risk And Reward

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire Summary

Confessions of a Crypto Millionaire 93%

He bet his family's savings on Ethereum. The $10 million exit was the easy part.

by Dan Conway 2019

4.22

199 ratings

💰 Cryptocurrency 🏖️ Financial Independence 📈 Market Speculation 🍸 Addiction Memoir 🎲 Risk And Reward

Easy Money

by Ben McKenzie • 2023

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

3.95

4k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔺 Ponzi Schemes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 👔 White Collar Crime

Easy Money 92%

The crypto boom was a Ponzi scheme with celebrity marketing, and the bill has arrived.

by Ben McKenzie 2023

3.95

4k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency 🔺 Ponzi Schemes 🫧 Speculative Bubbles 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 👔 White Collar Crime

The Money Trap

by Alok Sama • 2024

He brokered SoftBank's biggest bets. Then he realized the money was never the point.

4.09

2k+

🏦 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Venture Capital 💭 Wealth Psychology 📉 Boom And Bust Cycles 🌏 Cross-Cultural Business

The Money Trap 92%

He brokered SoftBank's biggest bets. Then he realized the money was never the point.

by Alok Sama 2024

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏦 Wall Street Memoir 💰 Venture Capital 💭 Wealth Psychology 📉 Boom And Bust Cycles 🌏 Cross-Cultural Business

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense

by Lawrence G. McDonald • 2009

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

3.91

3k+

🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense Summary

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense 92%

Lehman borrowed forty to one, bet on housing, and fired everyone who saw the crash coming.

by Lawrence G. McDonald 2009

3.91

3k+ ratings

🏦 Wall Street 💼 Investment Banking 📉 2008 Financial Crisis 💥 Corporate Collapse ⚠️ Toxic Leadership

Predator Nation

by Charles Ferguson • 2012

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

4.11

491

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

Predator Nation 92%

The 2008 crash was no accident; it was a crime, and the perpetrators run the country.

by Charles Ferguson 2012

4.11

491 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 🏛️ Regulatory Capture 📉 Income Inequality 🗳️ Political Corruption 📜 Deregulation

Reckless Endangerment

by Gretchen Morgenson • 2011

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

3.96

2k+

🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending 💰 Wall Street Excess 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Reckless Endangerment 92%

Good intentions met Wall Street greed and captured regulators. The crisis was built to order.

by Gretchen Morgenson 2011

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏦 Financial Crises ⚖️ Regulatory Failure 🏚️ Subprime Lending 💰 Wall Street Excess 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Missing Cryptoqueen

by Jamie Bartlett • 2022

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

4.20

2k+

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Missing Cryptoqueen 92%

A fake cryptocurrency, a hidden Bitcoin fortune, and the woman who vanished onto the Mediterranean.

by Jamie Bartlett 2022

4.20

2k+ ratings

🪙 Cryptocurrency Scams 💸 Financial Fraud 🔺 Multi-Level Marketing 🃏 Ponzi Schemes 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Swimming With Sharks

by Joris Luyendijk • 2015

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

3.84

7k+

🏦 Investment Banking 💥 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎯 Perverse Incentives 🔍 Workplace Ethnography

Swimming With Sharks 92%

Inside London's financial tribe: how it nearly collapsed the world economy, and why it still could.

by Joris Luyendijk 2015

3.84

7k+ ratings

🏦 Investment Banking 💥 Financial Crisis ⚠️ Systemic Risk 🎯 Perverse Incentives 🔍 Workplace Ethnography

Red Notice

by Bill Browder • 2015

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

4.44

110k+

🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers 🗳️ Activist Memoirs 🦔 Hedge Fund Memoir

Red Notice 92%

His lawyer died in a Moscow jail. To punish the men responsible, he wrote a US law.

by Bill Browder 2015

4.44

110k+ ratings

🇷🇺 Russian Corruption 💰 Kleptocracy 📈 Financial Thrillers 🗳️ Activist Memoirs 🦔 Hedge Fund Memoir

Extraordinary Circumstances

by Cynthia Cooper • 2007

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

4.00

538

🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

Extraordinary Circumstances 92%

From internal auditor to whistleblower: her hunt for the fraud inside a $38 billion company.

by Cynthia Cooper 2007

4.00

538 ratings

🏦 Corporate Fraud 📣 Whistleblowing 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🔍 Fraud Detection

Griftopia

by Matt Taibbi • 2010

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

4.16

10k+

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Griftopia 92%

From the ballot box to the commodities pit, one unified hustle is picking every American pocket.

by Matt Taibbi 2010

4.16

10k+ ratings

📰 Financial Journalism 🫧 Bubble Economics 🏛️ Systemic Corruption 🎛️ Regulatory Capture 💸 Predatory Finance

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts

by Santosh Nair • 2016

Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.

4.32

2k+

🇮🇳 Indian Markets 📖 Trading Memoirs 🤫 Insider Trading 🎭 Market Manipulation 💰 Rags To Riches

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts 92%

Insider whispers, auction tricks, and the crash of India's biggest bull: one trader's education.

by Santosh Nair 2016

4.32

2k+ ratings

🇮🇳 Indian Markets 📖 Trading Memoirs 🤫 Insider Trading 🎭 Market Manipulation 💰 Rags To Riches

How to Smell a Rat

by Kenneth L. Fisher • 2009

The simple due-diligence moves that catch a fraud years before regulators do.

3.43

162

📉 Investment Fraud 🛡️ Wealth Preservation 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔍 Due Diligence 👤 Retail Investors

How to Smell a Rat 92%

The simple due-diligence moves that catch a fraud years before regulators do.

by Kenneth L. Fisher 2009

3.43

162 ratings

📉 Investment Fraud 🛡️ Wealth Preservation 🧠 Behavioral Finance 🔍 Due Diligence 👤 Retail Investors

The Education of a Value Investor

by Guy Spier • 2015

He paid $650,000 for lunch with Warren Buffett. The lesson: investing well is a design problem.

4.24

6k+

📉 Value Investing 💼 Investor Memoir 🧠 Investing Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Finance 💰 Money And Meaning

The Education of a Value Investor Summary

The Education of a Value Investor 92%

He paid $650,000 for lunch with Warren Buffett. The lesson: investing well is a design problem.

by Guy Spier 2015

4.24

6k+ ratings

📉 Value Investing 💼 Investor Memoir 🧠 Investing Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Finance 💰 Money And Meaning

The Sellout

by Charles Gasparino • 2009

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

3.92

302

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

The Sellout 92%

Two outsiders invented a bond that made Wall Street billions, then destroyed the entire system.

by Charles Gasparino 2009

3.92

302 ratings

🧨 Financial Crises 🗽 Wall Street History 🏠 Mortgage Bonds ⚙️ Financial Engineering 📈 Leverage

Bailout Nation

by Barry Ritholtz • 2009

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

3.87

572

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Bailout Nation 92%

Wall Street keeps the upside. Taxpayers eat the losses. How America rewrote the rules of capitalism.

by Barry Ritholtz 2009

3.87

572 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary Policy 🏠 Housing Bubbles 💰 Corporate Bailouts ⚠️ Moral Hazard

Flash Boys

by Michael Lewis • 2014

Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.

4.14

91k+

📡 High-Frequency Trading 🏦 Wall Street Exposé 💻 Electronic Markets 🎭 Market Manipulation ⚖️ Financial Regulation

Flash Boys 92%

Wall Street's speed advantage rigs the market. A team of outsiders built a fair exchange.

by Michael Lewis 2014

4.14

91k+ ratings

📡 High-Frequency Trading 🏦 Wall Street Exposé 💻 Electronic Markets 🎭 Market Manipulation ⚖️ Financial Regulation

The Mind of Wall Street

by Leon Levy • 2002

Markets aren't efficient; they're emotional. A Wall Street legend on what psychology does to prices.

3.52

132

🧠 Market Psychology 💎 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

The Mind of Wall Street 92%

Markets aren't efficient; they're emotional. A Wall Street legend on what psychology does to prices.

by Leon Levy 2002

3.52

132 ratings

🧠 Market Psychology 💎 Value Investing 🔄 Contrarian Investing 🫧 Financial Bubbles 🏦 Wall Street Memoirs

The Money Game

by George Goodman • 1967

What moves stock prices is not math but psychology, and the psychology is ugly.

3.96

1k+

🏢 Wall Street 🧠 Market Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Finance 👥 Crowd Psychology 🔄 Market Cycles

The Money Game 92%

What moves stock prices is not math but psychology, and the psychology is ugly.

by George Goodman 1967

3.96

1k+ ratings

🏢 Wall Street 🧠 Market Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Finance 👥 Crowd Psychology 🔄 Market Cycles

Number Go Up

by Zeke Faux • 2023

A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.

4.24

9k+

🕵️ Crypto ExposéS 💸 Financial Bubbles 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕴️ Unregulated Finance 👔 White Collar Crime

Number Go Up 92%

A journalist chases crypto's billions from a billionaire's penthouse to a Cambodian scam compound.

by Zeke Faux 2023

4.24

9k+ ratings

🕵️ Crypto ExposéS 💸 Financial Bubbles 🔍 Investigative Journalism 🕴️ Unregulated Finance 👔 White Collar Crime

What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars

by Jim Paul • 1994

Big losses come from psychology, not bad analysis. One trader's million-dollar collapse proves it.

3.89

6k+

🧠 Trading Psychology 💔 Loss Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Management

What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars Summary

What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars 92%

Big losses come from psychology, not bad analysis. One trader's million-dollar collapse proves it.

by Jim Paul 1994

3.89

6k+ ratings

🧠 Trading Psychology 💔 Loss Psychology 🧪 Behavioral Economics 🤔 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Risk Management

Whale Hunt in the Desert

by Deke Castleman • 2004

Steve Cyr, the Vegas host who hooks whales with comps and psychology until they crash.

3.77

401

🔍 Exposé 🎰 Casino Industry 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 🎲 Gambling Addiction 📖 Gambling Memoir

Whale Hunt in the Desert 92%

Steve Cyr, the Vegas host who hooks whales with comps and psychology until they crash.

by Deke Castleman 2004

3.77

401 ratings

🔍 Exposé 🎰 Casino Industry 🃏 High-Stakes Gambling 🎲 Gambling Addiction 📖 Gambling Memoir

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse

by Michael Franzese • 2009

What a former mob boss knows about negotiation and leadership that business school never taught you.

3.86

634

🗣️ Business Negotiation ⚖️ Business Ethics 🛡️ Integrity In Business 👂 Listening Skills 🎭 Ego Management

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse Summary

I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Refuse 92%

What a former mob boss knows about negotiation and leadership that business school never taught you.

by Michael Franzese 2009

3.86

634 ratings

🗣️ Business Negotiation ⚖️ Business Ethics 🛡️ Integrity In Business 👂 Listening Skills 🎭 Ego Management

What Happened to Goldman Sachs

by Steven G. Mandis • 2013

Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.

3.60

208

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🔬 Organizational Sociology

What Happened to Goldman Sachs 92%

Goldman's handshake culture eroded when it went public, scaled, and let legalism replace ethics.

by Steven G. Mandis 2013

3.60

208 ratings

🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🏢 Corporate Culture ⚖️ Business Ethics 🔬 Organizational Sociology

Hedgehogging

by Barton Biggs • 2005

One thousand hedge funds die every year. The psychological gauntlet that kills them.

3.75

2k+

🏦 Hedge Fund Industry ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🔁 Contrarian Investing 🤔 Market Psychology ⚖️ Risk Management

Hedgehogging 92%

One thousand hedge funds die every year. The psychological gauntlet that kills them.

by Barton Biggs 2005

3.75

2k+ ratings

🏦 Hedge Fund Industry ✍️ Wall Street Memoir 🔁 Contrarian Investing 🤔 Market Psychology ⚖️ Risk Management

Supermoney

by George Goodman • 1972

Wealth comes not from wages but from earnings multiplied by stocks. How the machine works.

3.85

339

📈 Stock Market 💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🧾 Accounting Manipulation

Supermoney 92%

Wealth comes not from wages but from earnings multiplied by stocks. How the machine works.

by George Goodman 1972

3.85

339 ratings

📈 Stock Market 💰 Value Investing 🧠 Behavioral Finance 📉 Financial Crises 🧾 Accounting Manipulation

The Great Indian Fraud

by Smarak Swain • 2020

Financial innovation outruns regulation by years. In that gap, India's biggest frauds are built.

4.21

🕵️ Financial Fraud 🏢 Corporate Crime 💰 Money Laundering 📈 Securities Fraud 🇮🇳 Indian Economy

The Great Indian Fraud 92%

Financial innovation outruns regulation by years. In that gap, India's biggest frauds are built.

by Smarak Swain 2020

4.21

77 ratings

🕵️ Financial Fraud 🏢 Corporate Crime 💰 Money Laundering 📈 Securities Fraud 🇮🇳 Indian Economy

Monkey Business

by John Rolfe • 2000

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

3.97

6k+

🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

Monkey Business 92%

Private jets, $209,000 bonuses, and a copy center that could destroy you. Two bankers tell all.

by John Rolfe 2000

3.97

6k+ ratings

🪙 Investment Banking ☣️ Toxic Workplaces 🤡 Career Disillusionment ⚖️ Work-Life Imbalance 📰 Financial Industry Exposé

House of Cards

by William D. Cohan • 2009

A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.

3.94

7k+

📆 2008 Financial Crisis 🥂 Wall Street Culture 🏦 Investment Banks 💥 Corporate Collapse 💧 Leverage And Liquidity

House of Cards 92%

A Wall Street titan on Wednesday, a two-dollar stock on Sunday: the unraveling of Bear Stearns.

by William D. Cohan 2009

3.94

7k+ ratings

📆 2008 Financial Crisis 🥂 Wall Street Culture 🏦 Investment Banks 💥 Corporate Collapse 💧 Leverage And Liquidity

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