Edward Morris

Wall Streeters (eBook, ePUB)

The Creators and Corruptors of American Finance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The 2008 financial collapse, the expansion of corporate and private wealth, the influence of money in politics-many of Wall Street's contemporary trends can be traced back to the work of fourteen critical figures who wrote, and occasionally broke, the rules of American finance.

Edward Morris plots in absorbing detail Wall Street's transformation from a clubby enclave of financiers to a symbol of vast economic power. His book begins with J. Pierpont Morgan, who ruled the American banking system at the turn of the twentieth century, and ends with Sandy Weill, whose collapsing Citigroup required the largest taxpayer bailout in history. In between, Wall Streeters relates the triumphs and missteps of twelve other financial visionaries. From Charles Merrill, who founded Merrill Lynch and introduced the small investor to the American stock market; to Michael Milken, the so-called junk bond king; to Jack Bogle, whose index funds redefined the mutual fund business; to Myron Scholes, who laid the groundwork for derivative securities; and to Benjamin Graham, who wrote the book on securities analysis. Anyone interested in the modern institution of American finance will devour this history of some of its most important players.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Guam Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780231540506
• Artikelnr.: 49449527

Autorenporträt

Edward Morris

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface
1. J. Pierpont Morgan: Jupiter
Part I: Reformers
2. Paul M. Warburg: Daddy Warbucks
3. Carter Glass: Unreconstructed Rebel
4. Ferdinand Pecora: Hellhound of Wall Street
Part II: Democratizers
5. Charles E. Merrill: The People's Capitalist
6. John C. Bogle: Saint Jack
Part III: Academics
7. Georges F. Doriot: Dream Builder
8. Benjamin Graham: Dean of Wall Street
9. Myron S. Scholes: Professor of Derivatives
Part IV: Financial Engineers
10. Alfred Winslow Jones: Financial Hippie
11. Michael R. Milken: Junk Bond King
12. Lewis Ranieri: Father of Securitization
Part V: Empire Builders
13. William H. Donaldson: Entrepreneur
14. Sanford I. Weill: Conglomerateur
Conclusion
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Index

Rezensionen

"Wall Streeters is a wonderful narrative review and an interesting read. This book will be very significant for students, academics, and investment professionals if they want to understand and learn from the mistakes of the past." Victor Ricciardi, Goucher College