{"product_id":"backstage-wall-street-pb-paperback","title":"Backstage Wall Street (Pb) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoshua Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChances are you haven't been making the best investing decisions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WALL STREET WANTS IT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[T]he always irreverent author of the Reformed Broker blog has written an excellent narrative that shares all of your broker's dirty little secrets. Much like Michael Lewis' \u003ci\u003eLiar's Poker\u003c\/i\u003e captured the essence of 1980s institutional Wall Street, Brown's \u003ci\u003eBackstage Wall Street\u003c\/i\u003e recreates the boiler room retail brokerage culture of the 1990s and early 2000s in vivid color.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--FORBES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"With a smirk, a lashing wit, and an appropriate irreverence, Joshua Brown gives voice to what all investment professionals are--or should be--secretly thinking.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--MICHAEL SANTOLI, \u003ci\u003eBarron's\u003c\/i\u003e columnist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The pages of this book are filled with colorful expos駸 of misconduct in the way Wall Street presents and sells itself (and its financial products offerings!). . . . Run don't walk to read Brown's chronicles of deception [perpetrated by] those wonderful folks on Wall Street, who nearly bankrupted the world's fi nancial system a few short years ago.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--DOUGLAS A. KASS, Seabreeze Partners Management, Inc.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Everything you've ever read about Wall Street is a total lie. Everyone is lying to you every day. Until you read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--JAMES ALTUCHER, Formula Capital and author of \u003ci\u003eI Was Blind but Now I See\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Joshua wants Wall Street to be awesome. You can feel it every day on his amazing blog and in this great book. He is happy to shout when Wall Street drives him crazy. I guarantee you will enjoy this book that describes the action behind the business of Wall Street and his own experiences along the way.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--HOWARD LINDZON, Lindzon Capital and founder of StockTwits\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Joshua Brown may be the funniest writer on finance today, but \u003ci\u003eBackstage Wall Street\u003c\/i\u003e could make you cry more than laugh. The buffoons, manipulators, and incompetents Brown parades before us are the stewards of our retirement accounts....What's important is that investors understand the choices before them. \u003ci\u003eBackstage Wall Street\u003c\/i\u003e goes a long way to taking us backstage, while making us laugh in the process.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBARRON'S\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Book: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWall Street is very good at one thing: convincing you to act against your own interests. And there's no one out there better equipped with the knowledge and moxie to explain how it all works than Josh Brown. A man \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e referred to as \"the Merchant of Snark\" and \u003ci\u003eBarron's\u003c\/i\u003e called \"pot-stirring and provocative,\" Brown worked for 10 years in the industry, a time during which he learned some hard truths about how clients are routinely treated--and how their money is sent on a one-way trip to Wall Street's coffers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBackstage Wall Street\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the inner workings of the world's biggest money machine and explains how a relatively small confederation of brilliant, sometimes ill-intentioned people fuel it, operate it, and repair it when necessary--none of which is for the good of the average investor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffering a look that only a long-term insider could provide (and that only a \"reformed\" insider would \u003ci\u003ewant\u003c\/i\u003e to provide), Brown describes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PEOPLE\u003c\/b\u003e--Why retail brokers always profit--even if you don't\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE PRODUCTS\u003c\/b\u003e--How funds, ETFs, and other products are invented as failsafe profit generators--for the inventors alone\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE PITCH\u003c\/b\u003e--The marketing schemes designed for one thing and one thing only: to separate you from your money\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's \u003ci\u003ethat\u003c\/i\u003e bad . . . but there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Brown gives you the knowledge you need to make the right decisions at the right time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBackstage Wall\u003c\/i\u003e Street is about seeing reality for what it is and adjusting your actions accordingly. It's about learning who and what to steer clear of at all times. And it's about setting the stage for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706081447999,"sku":"9781265770181","price":44.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c3f348cbca3c5edb0dc6271daa496422.webp?v=1765039122","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/backstage-wall-street-pb-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}