Posts Tagged ‘Michael Lewis
All the Fuss About the Goldman Fraud Charges
So April 16, the SEC charged Goldman Sachs and VP Fabrice Tourre with civil fraud charges stemming from 2007 CDO deals with John Paulson’s hedge fund (the eponymous Paulson & Co.)– and since Goldman and Paulson are huge names and the prospect of scandal makes us all salivate, everyone has their panties in a twist. [...]
Hedge Fund Mgr Tells Bedtime Tale about Farts
Everyone has ambitions and passions that don’t necessarily align with their chosen profession. Or maybe for Crescendo Partners founder Eric Rosenfeld, writing a children’s bedtime story was just a creative outlet. A way to deal with the pressures of the job. Some people play golf or get massages. Others seek a little extra-marital stress relief [...]
Does Wall Street Literary Wonder Michael Lewis Borrow Ideas from College Theses?
In the wake of the release of Michael Lewis’s latest best seller, The Big Short, Lewis himself has acknowledged repeatedly (on the Daily Show, in press releases and in the acknowledgments section of his book) that he was influenced by a Harvard undergraduate senior thesis. Of course, Lewis’s book is a much more comprehensive look [...]
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