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Yes, Harry, I'm evil. And I'm hiding in your closet. >:-(

No offense but your points are nearly unintelligible. I have no idea why you think I'm nervous or anticipating danger of any sort. If you want to resort to ad hominem, be my guest. I'll have none of it.

You could probably make a little less sense if you tried... no wait, you couldn't.

Fine, but your original point was that you thought it was a big revelation to say "money does not by happiness." As my 7 year old niece would say... Duh.

Scary but true story: I left Worldco about a year ago and went back into IT fulltime. Not two or three months ago I got an email from a Worldco recruiter asking me to come back and trade for just a "small capital contribution."

Eventually he probably would have. That's clinical depression for you. You are confusing cause with catalyst.

Yes, because he suffered from depression. We've gone over that ad infinitum.

"He did so in 1934 and commited suicide in 1935" No, he died in 1940.

Yes, it is well known that he went broker many, many times. I don't believe he died broker however. Even if he did, he left a great deal of money to his heirs. His son (Jesse Jr., I believe) famously and repeatedly tried to dissolve the trust his father left him and get at the principle. He...

That was actually one of their lesser known recruiting techniques. That and the promise of Friday donuts.

I believe I made that point.

No.. I don't know what he was worth when he committed suicide but his children did live off his wealth.

Wow, how could Walter not be licensed and run a trading desk? He was directly managing desk supervisors. Doesn't that require the 24? And why wasn't he licensed? Not like the tests are that hard.

What a travesty. He should have got life.

Okay, that's not nice but it sure was funny. :)

No, he definitely was not a gambler. Most of his trades were well thought out speculations. It was only when he broke his own rules or listened to someone else's advice that he lost money. He loved the game and of course winning but he was smart and knew the markets better than anyone at the...

Kobe's being railroaded.

Yes, I am Jesse Livermore's grandson... Carl Livermore.:D I've read two books about JL. His depression and the two pics you included in your original post are in one of them. So that's a 50% score. No, it seems astonishing to me not at all. Many people have tremendous careers while...

I don't think anything about Livermore's depressions are unknown. In fact he's on a floating Internet message about Depression-era speculators and financiers who either killed themselves or died penniless. Money does not buy happiness is not a revelation. It's at best a half-true axiom...

I used to trade on the 18th F of 100 Wall Street, same floor Walter had his office. He had about half a dozen recent college grads waiting outside his office, all very young and dressed in suits. Walter comes out in a scruffy polo shirt and baseball cap (I don't think I ever saw him without a...