#9 RIBs RIBs have nothing to do with greasy comfort food from smoke houses down south. RIBs are Recovering Investment Bankers. After toiling for years in the spreadsheet gulags of investment banking, they trade annual bonus fights for the formulaic indifference of...
After years of fieldwork and painstaking observation—an anthropological journey unrivaled even by the likes of Charles Darwin—Acrimoney has finally completed the definitive guide to stockbrokers. Today, we begin our presentation. This series, Top 10 Types of...
“A Hedge-Fund King Comes Under Siege” I was struck by today’s article in The Wall Street Journal. Last year Citadel Investment Group lost about 55 percent in its flagship funds. This year the main fund is up 58 percent, and Citadel’s founder is...
“Eliot Spitzer Avoids Talk of Hookers in Harvard Ethics Speech” There he was again, Eliot Spitzer—fierce and steely-eyed, unflappable, his double-barreled chin cocked and loaded. The ex-governor lectured at Harvard last week. He discussed ethics, and the...
One of my business school classmates has an aggressive, life-threatening form of leukemia. It’s called “acute erythroleukemia,” and he needs a bone marrow transplant in the next few weeks. His friends and family are looking for a match, which can be found through a...
AKA Grover on Goldman Grover here. In honor of Sesame Street’s 40th birthday, Norb Vonnegut asked me to blog today as Acrimoney’s special guest. No, I’m not the fuzzy-faced puppet with blue fur and and a pink nose. I’m the hero of Top Producer,...
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.
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.