Binge Trading by Seth Freedman
What is it like to make millions before you turn 20? What drives City traders to excess in their quest for extreme wealth? And what happens when they lose it all overnight? This is the first account of life in today's Square Mile, laying bare the tricks, lifestyles and minds of the men who gamble with millions and influence all our lives. It's a thrilling insider story, full of anecdotes and personalities in the style of Liar's Poker and Kitchen Confidential.
'A surefire bet' The Observer 'The Hot Topic -- Penguin has snapped up ex-stockbroker Seth Freedman's expose of the Square Mile' thelondonpaper
At 19, Seth Freedman ditched his university place to take a job at a City stockbrokers. It was 1999, the height of the dotcom boom, and within months he was handling millions of pounds of client orders. He dealt for Swiss banks, traded bonds in Geneva, then left to take his client base to a London brokerage. He got out before the 2008 crash and wrote a series of articles for the Guardian, which generated a massive reaction from readers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141043647 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141043644 |
| Title | Binge Trading |
| Author | Seth Freedman |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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