The Story Of The High-School Trader Who Made $72 Million Is A Rumor Spun Out...
A lot of folks are buzzing about 17-year-old Stuyvesant High School senior Mohammed "Mo" Islam, who is rumored to have made $72 million from trading.New York Magazine's Jessica Pressler profiled him in...
View ArticleThe High-School Trader Rumored To Have Made $72 Million Admits He Made The...
A New York City high-school student featured in New York magazine's "Reasons to Love New York" issue for making millions trading the stock market admitted to the New York Observer on Monday night that...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Is Wasting America's Time
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is waging a campaign against Antonio Weiss, a Wall Streeter who has been nominated to an undersecretary position at the US Treasury.Not surprisingly, given the...
View ArticleWall Street CEO Shares The Concept That's Put Him In Executive Seats Again...
As CEO of the bond insurer Build America Mutual, Séan McCarthy has spent his career employing some of the most competitive people in American business — it comes with the Wall Street territory.In an...
View ArticleBanker Whose Scandalous Divorce Rocked Wall Street Resigns From Jefferies
Sage Kelly, the healthcare investment banker who was embroiled in a messy divorce, has resigned from Jefferies, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to Business Insider. Kelly took a leave of...
View ArticleWall Streeters Are Using Blacklists To Bully One Another Out Of Deals
There's a growing disturbing trend on Wall Street.More leveraged loan buyers are increasingly "blacklisting" investors they don't like and preventing them from investing in their loans, Bloomberg's...
View ArticleMeet The New 45-Year-Old Cohead Of Goldman's Investment Bank
Goldman Sachs has tapped 45-year-old John Waldron to be the co-head of the investment bank, replacing John Weinberg, according to a memo from CEO Lloyd Blankfein. In his new role, Waldron will work...
View ArticleThings Are Not Looking Good At Meredith Whitney's Hedge Fund
It's not looking good at star analyst Meredith Whitney's hedge fund, Kenbelle Capital, according to Bloomberg's Max Abelson.Since her fund started trading in November 2013, it has lost two top...
View ArticlePRESENTING: Art Cashin's Annual Christmas Poem Featuring The Fed, Putin, Oil,...
Legendary New York Stock Exchange floor trader and director of floor operations for UBS Art Cashin has sent out his annual Wall Street Christmas poem.This year he wove in some of the financial and...
View Article21 Must-See Wall Street Movies To Watch Over The Holidays
It's the holidays and you're probably away from the trading desk and spending some quality time with your family.That doesn't mean you can't get a little Wall Street in your day, though. Why not kick...
View ArticleA Former Goldman Banker Rediscovered His 20s After Finding Gorgeous Photos In...
A few years after leaving Wall Street, Scott Mead, a former top Goldman Sachs investment banker, made a remarkable discovery while moving some boxes from his attic.Or rediscovery, that is. Join the...
View ArticleHere's What Wall Street Strategists Are Watching For In 2015
(Reuters) - Wall Street was generally calmer in 2014 than in previous years, but that doesn't mean the stock market was devoid of drama.Big selloffs in biotechnology and social media stocks had...
View ArticleThe 25 Best Skiers On Wall Street
It's the holidays, and now that folks have some downtime they'll want to hit the slopes at ski resorts all around the world.We've tracked some of the top ski racers who are now working on Wall Street....
View Article22 Brilliant Insights On How To Succeed In Business From T. Boone Pickens
T. Boone Pickens certainly has a way with words and a knack for telling it like it is. In fact, the 86 year-old energy tycoon/author of "The First Billion Is The Hardest" has a ton of catchy/easy to...
View ArticleThe Most Obnoxious Wall Street Bars Of 2014
In New York City, things can get old pretty fast. So we've taken it upon ourselves to revamp last year's list of the most obnoxious Wall Street bars. Several have since closed, but many are still...
View ArticleArt Cashin Once Warned Earthquakes Were Coming ... And A Big Earthquake Hit...
Reports have just broken that a 7.9 magnitude earthquake just occured off the cost of Costa Rica.In an eery coincidence, Art Cashin dedicated a huge chunk of his note this morning to increased...
View ArticleWe Toured Parts Of The New York Stock Exchange You Won't See On TV
The storied New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan's Financial District is a beacon of American capitalism.You've probably seen the facade of the "Big Board" and images of the trading floor on financial...
View ArticleHere Are The Watches 9 Wall Street Titans Wear
Masters of the Universe aren't known for having anything resembling a jewelry collection except for one item — a watch. They're collectible, gorgeous and at times incredibly expensive pieces that can...
View ArticleAfter A Brutal 2014, Jefferies' CEO Has This Motivational Message For His...
2014 was a brutal year for investment bank Jefferies.In 2014, shares of the bank's parent company, Leucadia National Corp, slumped nearly 19%.On top of that, Jefferies was also featured in the news...
View ArticleA Morgan Stanley Employee Stole And Posted Data On 900 Clients
Morgan Stanley said it has fired an employee who had stolen data from 900 of the firm's wealth management clients."While there is no evidence of any economic loss to any client, it has been determined...
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