Black edge : inside information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on Wall Street
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Author
Published
New York : Random House, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0812995805, 9780812995800
Physical Desc
xx, 344 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 364.168 KOLHATK 2017
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NF 364.168 KOLHATK 2017
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Cohen, Steven.
Criminal investigation
Financial crises -- History -- 21st century.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Hedge funds -- History -- 21st century.
Insider trading in securities.
Investment advisors -- Corrupt practices.
S.A.C. Capital Advisors.
True crime stories
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation
Criminal investigation
Financial crises -- History -- 21st century.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Hedge funds -- History -- 21st century.
Insider trading in securities.
Investment advisors -- Corrupt practices.
S.A.C. Capital Advisors.
True crime stories
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Published
New York : Random House, [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0812995805, 9780812995800
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"The rise over the last two decades of a powerful new class of billionaire financiers marks a singular shift in the American economic and political landscape. Their vast reserves of concentrated wealth have allowed a small group of big winners to write their own rules of capitalism and public policy. How did we get here? ... Kolhatkar shows how Steve Cohen became one of the richest and most influential figures in finance--and what happened when the Justice Department put him in its crosshairs"--Amazon.com.
Description
"Steven A. Cohen is a Wall Street legend. Born into a middle class family in a decidedly upper class suburb on Long Island, he was unpopular in high school and unlucky with girls. Then he went off to Wharton, and in 1992 launched the hedge fund SAC Capital, which grew into a $15 billion empire. He cultivated an air of mystery and reclusiveness -- at one point, owned the copyright to almost every picture taken of him -- and also of extreme excess, building a 35,000 square foot house in Greenwich, flying to work by helicopter, and amassing one of the largest private art collections in the world. But on Wall Street, he was revered as a genius: one of the greatest traders who ever lived. That public image was shattered when SAC Capital became the target of a sprawling, seven-year criminal and SEC investigation, the largest in Wall Street history, led by an undermanned but determined group of government agents, prosecutors, and investigators. Experts in finding and using "black edge" (inside information), SAC Capital was ultimately fined nearly $2 billion -- the largest penalty in history -- and shut down. But as Sheelah Kolhatkar shows, Steven Cohen was never actually put out of business. He was allowed to keep trading his own money (in 2015, he made $350 million), and can start a new hedge fund in only a few years. Though eight SAC employees were convicted or pleaded guilty to insider trading, Cohen himself walked away a free man. Black Edge is a riveting, true-life thriller that raises an urgent and troubling question: Are Wall Street titans like Steven Cohen above the law?"--,Provided by publisher.
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2017-02-23,TB
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kolhatkar, S. (2017). Black edge: inside information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on Wall Street (First edition.). Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kolhatkar, Sheelah. 2017. Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man On Wall Street. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kolhatkar, Sheelah. Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man On Wall Street Random House, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kolhatkar, Sheelah. Black Edge: Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man On Wall Street First edition., Random House, 2017.
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