Life at the Pinnacle: A stunning personal memoir of Wall Street by Todd A. Harrison, ex-partner of Jim Cramer's hedge fund and founder and CEO of Minyanville Media, Inc.
What's It Really Like? What Happens When It Suddenly Ends? The life only a few traders ever see; the non-stop adrenaline rush; the breathtaking self-indulgence; the madness; the betrayals; the redemption; what it all meant.
A Personal Story You Will Never Forget: Excerpted by DowJones MarketWatch, now told fully for the first time.
In this stunning personal memoir, founder and CEO of Minyanville Media and former president of Cramer Berkowitz, Todd Harrison narrates his incredible Wall Street story: a tale of rise, fall, and redemption so remarkable that Oliver Stone featured it in his 20th anniversary Wall Street documentary.
Harrison reveals the hidden side of Wall Street: the extreme personalities, the testosterone-driven lifestyles, the euphoria, the despair...and what happens when it's all over. You'll share a ringside view of the rise of high-stakes finance through the '90s and '00s-and the titanic collapse that followed. You'll also discover what it's really like to partner with Jim Cramer-the highs, the lows, and everything in between.
This is a story you had to live to tell. Harrison lived it and survived to tell it-unforgettably.
. Entering the "golden door"
Joining Morgan Stanley in its 1990s heyday
. Hunger and passion, bliss and terror
Life with Cramer and the global markets
. Missing the "bigger trade"
Finding inner strength when the world changes and the calls stop
. Making peace, learning gratitude, moving forward
A new business, a new journey, a new life
A Minyanville Media Publication.
Autorentext
TODD A. HARRISON, founder and CEO of Minyanville Media, Inc., has 20 years of experience on Wall Street. He spent 7 years on the worldwide equity derivative desk at Morgan Stanley as Vice President, was Managing Director of Derivatives at The Galleon Group, and was President of the $400 million hedge fund Cramer Berkowitz. He has appeared on FOX, CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg TV, and in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Worth, Fortune, Barron's, Dow Jones MarketWatch, New York Magazine, and Canada's National Post.
Todd has lectured at numerous academic institutions including Harvard University, Syracuse University, New York University, and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also been active in research of financial market learning tendencies among college students, and was a contributing author to "Threat, Intimidation, and Student Financial Market Knowledge: An Empirical Study," published in the Journal of Education for Business.
Todd was featured in the 20th anniversary documentary of Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street and in 2008, he received an Emmy Award from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his role as Executive Producer of Minyanville's World in Review, the first and only animated business news show.
Klappentext
In The Other Side of Wall Street, Minyanville.com founder and former hedge fund honcho Todd Harrison shares never-before-told stories from the hidden side of Wall Street, including the adrenaline rush of trading at the highest levels, Wall Street's super-indulgent lifestyles; Harrison's time in the trenches fighting with (and then against) Jim Cramer; why he left investing completely, and how he returned to earn his redemption. Thousands of readers have tasted Harrison's story in a recent Dow Jones MarketWatch serialization: now for the first time, he shares his entire extraordinary personal memoir.
You'll walk alongside Harrison through the "golden door" that took him into Morgan Stanley in its 1990s heyday. Share his ringside view of the explosive growth of derivatives, and the disasters that followed. Ride the emotional roller coaster of colossal wins and losses and discover what it's really like to work with Jim Cramer. Then travel with Harrison through the 2000s, the most tumultuous decade in investing history. Harrison's seen it all, done it all, and earned perspective and insight available to only a few. If you want to know what it's really like at Wall Street's pinnacle-and in its deepest depths-one book will tell you: The Other Side of Wall Street.
Inhalt
Foreword xii
Preface xv
Chapter 1: The Age of Innocence 1
Chapter 2: Bagel Boy 11
Chapter 3: Animal House 19
Chapter 4: Let the Games Begin! 29
Chapter 5: War Stories 39
Chapter 6: An Officer and a Gentleman 53
Chapter 7: Trading Places 63
Chapter 8: New Beginnings 73
Chapter 9: Battle Lines 81
Chapter 10: Reality Bites 89
Chapter 11: Sign of the Times 95
Chapter 12: Brokedown Palace 105
Chapter 13: Foul Play 115
Chapter 14: Genesis of a Dream 123
Chapter 15: The Audible 133
Chapter 16: The Abyss 141
Chapter 17: The Phoenix 153
Chapter 18: The Journey 163
Acknowledgments 169
About the Author 171
Index 173