Fool's gold : how the bold dream of a small tribe at J.P. Morgan was corrupted by Wall Street greed and unleashed a catastrophe / Gillian Tett.

Author/creator Tett, Gillian
Format Book
EditionFree Press hardcover ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Free Press, 2009.
Descriptionx, 293 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents The derivatives dream -- Dancing around the regulators -- The dream team -- The cuffs come off -- Merger mania -- Innovation unleashed -- Mr. Dimon takes charge -- Risky business -- Leveraging lunacy -- Tremors -- Bank run -- Meltdown -- The end of investment banking as we know it.
Abstract Traces the relationship between a team of JP Morgan banking gurus and the current financial crisis, documenting their invention of a bold variety of allegedly risk-free investments that sparked a frenzy in the banking world and may have directly contributed to the market crash.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.
LCCN 2009005127
ISBN9781416598572
ISBN141659857X
ISBN9781439100752 (ebk.)
ISBN1439100756 (ebk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HG6024.U6 T48 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold