#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...
#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...
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.