My Side of the Street
My Side of the Street is part memoir, part love letter to an institution popularly viewed as a necessary evil. It illuminates the ethical and decent majority who take the subway, worry about mortgages, and keep the entire enterprise on its feet. Introducing the general reader to captains of finance, famous on The Street but invisible to outsiders, My Side of the Street lays on display the absurdity and unbridled joy of big business—a comic tale of unlikely success in America's most notorious industry.
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue: Nights at Rothman's
Well, It's a Start
A Little Luck
Players Travel Light
"B" School
Big Hat, No Cattle
The Customer Man's Two-Front War
9/11—The Day Everything Changed
Pundit, Port, Drinker, Diner
My Own Shop
Other People's Money
Conclusion—For the Love of the Game
Epilogue: A Quiet Night at Rothman's—September 11, 2013
Autumn 2014
Appendix I: Great Wall Street Books
Appendix II: Great Investment Books Worth Reading in a Time of Financial Crisis
Appendix III: Wall Street Movies Worth Watching Closely
Acknowledgments