John Brooks

The Go-Go Years (eBook, ePUB)

The Drama and Crashing Finale of Wall Street's Bullish 60s

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A humorous and keen look at the roller-coaster boom and bust of the 1960s and 1970s by the New York Times-bestselling author of Business Adventures John Brooks blends humor and astute analysis in this tale of the staggering "go-go" growth of the 1960s stock market and the ensuing crashes of the 1970s. Swiftly rising stocks promised fast money to investors, and voracious cupidity drove the market. But the bull market couldn't last forever, and the fall was just as staggering as the ascent. Including the astounding story of H. Ross Perot's loss of $450 million in one day; the tale of America's "Last Gatsby," Eddie Gilbert; and the account of financier Saul Steinberg's failed grab for Chemical Bank, this book is replete with hallmark financial acumen and vivid storytelling. A classic of business history, The Go-Go Yearsprovides John Brooks's signature insight into the events of yesteryear and stands the test of time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Open Road Media
• Seitenzahl: 381
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781497679108
• Artikelnr.: 41358148

Autorenporträt

John Brooks (1920-1993) was an award-winning writer best known for his contributions to the New Yorker as a financial journalist. He was also the author of ten nonfiction books on business and finance, a number of which were critically acclaimed works examining Wall Street and the corporate world. His books Once in Golconda, The Go-Go Years, and Business Adventures have endured as classics. Although he is remembered primarily for his writings on financial topics, Brooks published three novels and wrote book reviews for Harper's Magazine and the New York Times Book Review.

Inhaltsangabe

Climax: The Day Henry Ross Perot Lost $450 Million.
Fair Exchange: The Year the Amex Delisted the Old GuardRomans.
The Last Gatsby: Recessional for Edward M. Gilbert.
Palmy Days and Low Rumblings: Early Warnings Along WallStreet.
Northern Exposure: Early Warnings Along Bay Street.
The Birth of Go-Go: The Rise of a Proper Chinese Bostonian.
The Conglomerateurs: Corporate Chutzpah and CreativeAccounting.
The Enormous Back Room: Drugs, Fails, and Chaos Among theClerks.
Go-Go at High Noon: The View from Trinity Church.
Confrontation: Steinberg/Leasco vs. Renchard/Chemical Bank.
Revelry Before Waterloo: The Time of the Great GarbageMarket.
The 1970 Crash: To the Edge of the Abyss.
Saving Graces: The Invisible Samaritans of Wall Street.
The Go-Go Years.
Notes on Sources.
Index.