Word: trader
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...contrary. Frankel was a washout as a money manager, twice failing his brokers exam. And as a trader with LaSalle Street Securities, a Chicago firm, he proved too timid for the job--a surgeon afraid of sharp instruments. "I used to call him in the morning and say, 'Marty, make the trade!'" recalls Ted Bitter, a former client of Frankel's. "I would call him back in the afternoon, and he wouldn't have done it." His own fund, the Frankel Fund, attracted a total of three investors and the attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission when Frankel revealed...
...give a hoot about The Phantom Menace, yet somewhere deep inside, you suspect it won't be a fulfilling summer without a shot of Ewan McGregor. Witness here, then, the Scotsman's fine turn as Nick Leeson, the British futures trader whose fast-and-loose market executions brought down his employer, Barings, the prominent English bank. The film takes a sympathetic view of Leeson, which is fine; the problem is, it never offers a sense of the man behind the mania. What does come through is that Leeson ate a lot of candy during crises. Cadbury wrappers shouldn...
...1950s Greenspan and bond trader William Townsend opened a consulting company, Townsend-Greenspan. The company did its work discreetly, making predictions for large businesses and financial institutions...
...want a piece of me? Think you're such a hotshot e-trader that you should quit your day job to pit your wits against me and my fellow professionals, who swing around millions of dollars in stock a day without blinking? At one time, I would have laughed if you had even contemplated such a thing. You couldn't match my access to conference calls, information or quick brokers. You couldn't afford the $1,500 a month you'd need for a Reuters, Dow Jones or Bloomberg wire...
...great info and terrific execution. We have enjoyed the bull market of a lifetime, one that has seen the Dow go up more than 8,000 points, and yet every day thousands of issues go down or disappear or blow up. And while you hear periodically of the day trader who earns enough to retire, you don't hear about them any more than you do about lottery winners...