Octopus : Sam Israel, the secret market, and Wall Street's wildest con /

This real-life thriller tells the inside story of a hedge fund fraud and the wild search for a "secret market" beneath the financial market we all know. Sam Israel seemed to have it all, until the hedge fund he ran, Bayou, imploded and he became the target of a nationwide manhunt. Born int...

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Main Author: Lawson, Guy
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Crown Business, [2012]
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505 0 |a Trust -- Upstairs -- Front-running -- Other people's money -- The problem -- Boy in the bubble -- Scumbaggery -- The Trump house -- Adventure capital -- Octopus -- The shadow market -- The big lie -- As real as rain -- Exploding heads -- Deliverance -- The snake pit -- Yamashita's gold -- Redemption -- The afterlife. 
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