#5 NuSKINNERS As a general rule, multi-level marketers allocate more time to recruiting other salespeople than to mastering their products. The choice makes sense, because they get a scrape of everything their “down-line” recruits sell. NuSKINNERS are stockbrokers who...
aka Dubai or Not to Buy Only a few years ago, the world marveled at Dubai’s economic miracle. Now, we’re faced with another case of hype gone bad. The video below, made in 2006, chronicles Dubai’s spectacular growth. The tone is a far cry from last...
aka Dubai or Not to Buy Only a few years ago, the world marveled at Dubai’s economic miracle. Now, we’re faced with another case of hype gone bad. The video below, made in 2006, chronicles Dubai’s spectacular growth. The tone is a far cry from last...
#6 SQUIDS SQUIDS are the stockbrokers who wrap themselves around senior management at their firms. They don’t cold call. They prospect inside their own walls and play brokerage-house politics Chances are, you won’t meet them unless your firm is an investment-banking...
#7 PULPIT POUNDERS PULPIT POUNDERS are the polar opposites of ZOMBIES. They campaign to save you from the villains of Wall Street—even if it means dumping on their own firms. Self-righteous and highly opinionated, these stockbrokers can be passionate students of the...
#8 PAGE SIXERS These charming and charismatic stockbrokers build their businesses at cocktail parties, hence the reference to the gossip section of The New York Post. PAGE SIXERS prowl the rubber chicken circuit for clients, know all the beautiful people, and aspire...
The New York Times describes my novels as “money porn,” “a red-hot franchise,” and “glittery thrillers about fiscal malfeasance.” Through fiction I explore the dark side of money and the motivations of those who have it, want more, and will steamroll anybody who gets in their way.