F.I.A.S.C.O. Blood in the Water on Wall Street
by Frank Partnoy
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- 0393046222
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046229
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W. W. Norton & Company, New York, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. F.I.A.S.C.O. is an insider's diary, a shocking education in the jungle of high finance in the 1990s from New York to Tokyo. It tracks the progress of a young Morgan Stanley salesman as he learns the ropes of this sophisticated jungle, where billions of dollars are lost in the creation and trading of securities so unlikely and so complicated that almost nobody - certainly not the unwary or undereducated buyer - understands them. And some of that money, whether you know it or not, may be yours. Frank Partnoy's journey is partly comical, and full of incredible characters, but what he learns should stir fear in anyone who owns mutual funds, stocks, or even insurance. Partnoy's colleagues sharpen their killer instincts at an annual drunken skeet-shooting competition called F.I.A.S.C.O., the Fixed Income Annual Sporting Clays Outing. Against well-trained derivatives salesmen, buyers don't face much better odds than a clay pigeon, and the actual fiascoes involve billions of dollars of well-publicized losses at Orange County, Barings, Procter & Gamble, and many others. In 1994, when the author attended F.I.A.S.C.O., and when the first big derivatives losses hit, the rallying cry at Morgan Stanley should have struck fear into the heart of any investor: "There's blood in the water. Let's go kill someone." Partnoy's story shows how Morgan Stanley's sales force put that advice to work. 252 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Business,Finance,Economics; United States; Business, Finance & Marketing; ISBN: 0393046222. ISBN/EAN: 9780393046229. Inventory No: 247891. . 9780393046229
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 247891
- Title
- F.I.A.S.C.O. Blood in the Water on Wall Street
- Author
- Frank Partnoy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393046222
- ISBN 13
- 9780393046229
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- BZDB43 Business,Finance,Economics; United States; Business, Finance & Marketing; ISBN: 0393046222 EAN: 9780393046229 Frank Partnoy F.I.A.S.C.O. Blood in the Water on Wall Street
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