DEN OF THIEVES

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Summary: INCREDIBLE!!!
Review: This book is amazing. I love reading financial and investing books and this one is just amazing. Its capitvating beginning to end. The way the author subtly explains very technical investing terms is awesome. I had know who the characters were but not the entire depth of their situations. This book tells all! I cant wait to read more of the authors work!

Rating:
Summary: INCREDIBLE!!!
Review: This book is amazing. I love reading financial and investing books and this one is just amazing. Its capitvating beginning to end. The way the author subtly explains very technical investing terms is awesome. I had know who the characters were but not the entire depth of their situations. This book tells all! I cant wait to read more of the authors work!

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Summary: A Saga of Crime, Punishment and the Quest for Power!
Review: This book is fantastic! Author James B. Stewart creates a regaling story for the reader with a compelling narrative of the 1980's Wall Street era of greed and glory.

Stewart takes the reader into the lives of the big players on the Wall Street court at the time: Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, and Martin Siegel among many others. In great detail, Stewart provides the full story of the insider trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street. Stewart also shows how these "players" created a series of security scams that made legitimate trading pale in comparison.

Equally as intriguing is the story of the SEC detectives that brought the rampant illegal trading to a screeching halt. Not a detail is spared: The lawyers on both sides. The trials. Judge Kimba Wood! This is as close to the real thing as it gets. A great story from a masterful bard! I rate this book at five stars. Destined to be a classic.

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Summary: Great business book
Review: This book is great to see how history was made in the securities industry. Great portrayal of insider trading.

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Summary: Must Read For Stock Traders amd Securities Lawyers
Review: This book is not only entertaining but also instructive. It depicts the greed that lurks in the market and how otherwise normal people fall into committing white collar crime. It is a must read for everyone involved in securities and securities trading from the traders themselves to the lawyers.

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Summary: Ingenuity, greed, profiteering- This book has it all.
Review: This book lays out all of the insider trading securities laws violations that were so prevalent in the 1980's. Stewart writes in a way that is simple without being simplistic. Den Of Thieves is a fast-paced documentary that anyone will find enjoyable to read.

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Summary: Excelent reading for those interested in investment Banking
Review: This book was really well writen and covers the breadth of what goes on in the investment banking world. I like the introductions on how the major investment houses started, and the roles of the Investment bankers, traders, lawyers, arbitragers etc. The central figure is Michael milken, who the book suggests is greedy and foul. The book is obviously on the side of US law enforcement, who some argue were biased and sought to destroy Milken for other motives. On the whole, I think it is a great book and it really helps one understand the whole finance game, and what happens (or used to happen) in wall street. Being from an Engineering and computing background, but with interest in M&A myself, I feel this book was really cool. I however reserve my judgements on Michael Milken till I read another book that is pro Milken. Taking away the crime aspects, I think Michael Milken is a genius.

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Summary: Authoratative source on why junk bond are bad
Review: This book was recommended to me as an introduction to how corporate financing works (or has worked in the past). I found this book to be fascinating. Yes, it's long, and in some parts dry, but the author presents us with behind-the-scenes discussions of all the major players in the junk bond scandal of the 80's, leading to the S&L problems. Milken and Boesky are featured. The book goes into great detail about SEC enforcement, and how the dealers were finally brought to justice. I thought this was a great companion book to 'Barbarians At The Gate' (about the RJR Nabisco LBO calamity). Great book - highly recommended.

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Summary: Just Awesome
Review: This is one of the best books on financial markets I have read. Predators Ball was also good, but this book is amazing. It ranks with the likes of Reminiscences Of a Stock Operator, Liars Poker, Pitbull and Market Wizards. Boesky is crazy, but a likeable character, and Milken is a god damn legend. Ordinarily I would never give a book a 5 star rating, but after reading, how could you not.

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Summary: AWESOME. Reads like fiction.
Review: This story is a classic one and everybody know it. But Stewart writes in an easy-to-read and compelling fashion that makes it like you're in the middle of the junk bond world of the 80's. Educational, fun and a must read for those starting out in the financial world.