{"product_id":"wall-street-meat-my-narrow-escape-from-the-stock-market-grinder-9780060592141","title":"Wall Street Meat: My Narrow Escape from the Stock Market Grinder","description":"\u003cp\u003eWall Street is a funny business. All you have is your reputation. Taint it and someone else will fill your shoes. Longevity comes from maintaining that reputation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsk Jack Grubman, the All-Star telecom analyst from Salomon Smith Barney; uber-banker Frank Quattrone at CS First Boston; Morgan Stanley's Mary \"Queen of the Net\" Meeker; or Merrill Lynch's Henry Blodget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell, they probably won't tell you anything. But have I got some great stories for you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuccessful hedge fund manager Andy Kessler looks back on his years as an analyst on Wall Street and offers this cautionary tale of the intoxicating forces loose in the world of finance that overwhelmed sober analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKessler, Andy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter turning $100 million into $1 billion riding the technology wave of the late 1990s, Andy Kessler recounted his experiences on Wall Street and in the trenches of the hedge fund industry in the books \u003cem\u003eWall Street Meat\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRunning Money\u003c\/em\u003e (and its companion volume, \u003cem\u003eHow We Got Here\u003c\/em\u003e). Though he has retired from actively managing other people's money, he remains a passionate and curious investor. Unable to keep his many opinions to himself, he contributes to the \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWired\u003c\/em\u003e, and lots of Web sites on a variety of Wall Street and technology-related topics, and is often seen on CNBC, FOX, and CNN. He lives in Silicon Valley like all the other tech guys. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Business","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317796966674,"sku":"9780060592141","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e6b607e-d691-4907-975d-78eb14024f60.jpg?v=1727540697","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wall-street-meat-my-narrow-escape-from-the-stock-market-grinder-9780060592141","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}