Binge Trading
The real inside story of cash, cocaine and corruption in the City
$36.33
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2009
Summary
Discover the excesses and addictions of the men who brought down banks and governments.
What is it like to make millions before you turn 20? What drives City traders to excess in their quest for extreme wealth? And what happens when they lose it all overnight?
This is the first account of life in today’s Square Mile, laying bare the tricks, lifestyles and minds of the men who gamble with millions and influence all our lives. It’s a thrilling insider story, full of anecdotes an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141043647 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141043644 |
| Author: | Seth Freedman |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2009 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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‘A surefire bet’ The Observer’The Hot Topic Penguin has snapped up ex-stockbroker Seth Freedman’s exposegrave; of the Square Mile’ thelondonpaper
‘A surefire bet’ The Observer ‘The Hot Topic – Penguin has snapped up ex-stockbroker Seth Freedman’s expose of the Square Mile’ thelondonpaper
Seth Freedman
At 19, Seth Freedman ditched his university place to take a job at a City stockbrokers. It was 1999, the height of the dotcom boom, and within months he was handling millions of pounds of client orders. He dealt for Swiss banks, traded bonds in Geneva, then left to take his client base to a London brokerage. He got out before the 2008 crash and wrote a series of articles for the Guardian, which generated a massive reaction from readers.
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