In my 2012 book, Backstage Wall Street, I spend about a quarter of my word count talking about the stuff I’d seen at some of the brokerage firms I’d worked at. I even reprinted the scripts they were teaching us, in the hopes that the reader would be better prepared for the next incoming cold call…
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And now this is happening
via Bloomberg: Jordan Belfort, whose memoir “The Wolf of Wall Street” was turned into a film by Martin Scorsese, expects to earn more this year than he made at his peak as a stockbroker, allowing him to repay the victims of his fraud. “I’ll make this year more than I ever made in my best year as…
The Best of TRB 2014 – Fun Stuff
This week I’m in Disney World with the family, our first proper vacation all together in years. As such, I’m off the grid and away from computers of any kind (I’m trying to stay married, you guys). But while I’m gone, I’ve left you some stuff to catch up on… These were the biggest posts…
Chart o’ the Day: Dismantling the “Hollywood Top”
Chart via StockTwits Better than the magazine cover indicator, I’ll give you that. But here’s the problem – Wall Street 2 was ABOUT a market crash that was already in progress during the movie’s making. Also, Wolf of Wall Street is not concurrent like the other films, it is historical, taking place twenty years ago…
This Week on TRB
Here were the most read posts on TRB this week, in case you missed them: That time Buffett smashed the Efficient Market Hypothesis My ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Review My Three Goals for 2014 Grow Up, Change Your Mind In 2013 I Learned That…
And now, a message from Jordan Belfort
via Facebook: As you can imagine, I am very busy right now, but I owe this post to all my loyal friends and fans who have supported me since the beginning: For the record, I am not turning over 50% of the profits of the books and the movie, which was what the government had…
Hot Links: The Last One
Your morning financial links, expertly curated.
Daughter of the Boiler Room
The day my father had to surrender to prison, I drove him. My mother had locked herself in the bathroom crying and throwing up, becoming nothing short of a more beautiful version of Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine. Ironically enough, Marty, she looks like a cross between Sharon Stone and Michelle Pfeiffer. Totally your leading ingénue…
Tales from Stratton Oakmont
I showed a lot of initiative, and I stayed late. I was now in Armani suits, Ferragamo shoes, Valentino ties. I would stay all night. I would adjust my hours to call potential customers at home. All you had to do was get past the wife. The guys were more relaxed to talk at home….
“We are not the mistakes of our past.”
The former boiler room king, Jordan Belfort, is ready for his closeup as The Wolf of Wall Street heads into theaters this December. I loved his book and I had met most of the old Stratton Oakmont guys fifteen years ago during my early days in the Long Island brokerage scene. I’ve always said that…
