The Accidental Investment Banker: Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street
by Jonathan A. Knee
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Jonathan A. Knee had a ringside seat during the go-go, boom-and-bust decade and into the 21st century, at the two most prestigious investment banks on Wall Street--Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. In this candid and irreverent insider's account of an industry in free fall, Knee captures anexhilarating era of fabulous deal-making in a free-wheeling Internet economy--and the catastrophe that followed when the bubble burst. Populated with power players, back stabbers, celebrity bankers, show more and godzillionaires, here is a vivid account of the dramatic upheaval that took place in investment banki show lessTags
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An excellent, thoughtful look on why a wunch of bankers aren't necessarily so. This has been pitched in the press as a ghoulish ringside seat on a decade of excess. It isn't; in fact its the worker of a genuinely reflective investment banker (if that isn't a contradiction in terms) which should be read by practitioners and spectators alike.
Interesting insight into the Why of the industry. A fair bit of reflection and a 2nd read after the financial crisis can conjure different thoughts.
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- Business, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 332.660973 — Society, government, & culture Economics Banking & Money Investing Investment Banking Standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography North America United States
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- HG4930.5 .K57 — Social sciences Finance Finance Investment, capital formation, speculation By region or country
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