"I would like to thank Tony Bruan, one of the best traders I have ever met. He probably did not know how much I learned by observing him at his hedge fund. Nonetheless, he truly is an inspiration in my life."
-from "Daytrading into the Millenium" by Michael P. Turner
I have not met Tony Bruan personally but I have only heard great things about him. He has been on the "Street" for a long time and he knows this "GAME," better than most of us ever will.
"Bruan was raised in the 1950s in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, a middle- and working-class community. Friends say he was quick with his fists, a trait he demonstrated a dozen years ago when he intervened to protect two Hasidic boys being beaten by a group of teenagers in Lawrence"
This paragraph alone means a great deal. My manager told me that Tony Bruan is the one person you want on your side. He has loyalty, a vanishing trait in this business.
This article is shabby and biased at least. The writer fails to mention that the underwriters (CSFB etc) are the ones being investigated. The Bruans are testifiying against the BIG FIRMS, who subsequently held all of the cards and demanded more business for IPO allocations.
Lets not forget that this is not about price manipulation or fraud. Everyone knows that if you wanted a piece of the action you had to be a BIG client. And thats what PTJP is... a client of these firms. And lets not kid ourselves..this is not a playground, Wall Street is a jungle and right or wrong THIS TYPE OF SHIT HAPPEN EVERDAY AT EVERY FIRM.
I am biased also...as I trade at Worldco and know and look up to many of the individuals in the article.
Just my two cents.