greatest hedge fund disaster story?

[waggie945]

I got to hand it to ya . . . That beats the all the heck out of the PYTHON story!

 

[marketsurfer]

here is a good story about a fugitive hedge fund manager / con artist named MARTY FRANKEl

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...002-0512788-4786416?v=glance&s=books&n=507846


an interesting sideline is the guy was terrified to execute trades and hired ari kiev to help him with this trading psych issue.


enjoy !

surfer

 

[VOLUME]

Thanks for posting that link.

I can't believe no one has made a movie about that guy. What an incredible story.

 

[waggie945]

VOLUME, I could see the movie now . . .

But who would play Hef?

 

[Cutten]

Quote from praetorian2:

That one is really great. Amazon does not have that hunt brother's silver bubble book. Anyone know where I can buy a copy?

Anyone recommend a good book on jay gould and his gold corner?

This book covers Gould & Fisk's gold corner. However, it's not that good and doesn't really get into the trading aspects of it IMO:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...f=sr_1_2/002-1647662-9458450?v=glance&s=books

The Hunt brother's book is "The Great Silver Bubble" by Stephen Fay. This one is more detailed and interesting. You can get it here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...26920/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/026-9835097-9317226

 

[TheStudent]

Cutten,

Is this the same book as "Beyond Greed", also by Stephen Fray?

Stephen Fray is not the best writer in the world, but it is filled with details.

Quote from Cutten:

The Hunt brother's book is "The Great Silver Bubble" by Stephen Fay. This one is more detailed and interesting. You can get it here:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos...26920/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_0_1/026-9835097-9317226 [/B]