10/09/2009

Credit Suisse. Recommended Reading


After the Trade is Made – David M. Weiss
An Introduction to Capital Markets (Products & Applications) – Andrew Chisholm
An Introduction to Equity Markets – Reuters
An Introduction to Global Financial Markets – Stephen Valdez
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco – Bryan Burrough & John Heylar
Beginner’s Guide to Investment – Bernard Gray
Don’t Send a Resume – Jeffrey J. Fox
How the Bond Market Works – Robert Zipf
How the City of London Works – William M. Clarke
Liars Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street – Michael Lewis
Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle – John Rolfe
Principles of Corporate Finance – Brealey & Myers
Saving & Investing – Michael Fisher
Securities Operations: A Guide to Trade & Position Management – Michael Simmons
The Money Machine – Philip Coggan
Understanding Derivatives in a Day – Stefan Bernstein

10/01/2009

GUNGA JOHN

You can talk about cachet
And your Harvard MBA
When you're nine-to-fivin' for some white-shoe banker
But when you're market-makin'
And you spend your day risk-takin'
Then it's guts and ice-cold blood for which you hanker

Now at Solly in her prime
Where I used to spend my time
With Billy, Timmy, Tommy, Craig and Ron
Of all that trading crew
The bravest man I knew
Was our legendary leader, Gunga John.

It was "John! John! John!
We bought the IBM deal Gunga John!
Should we hedge? The market's sloppy.
Henry thinks it's pretty toppy.
You'd better make the call here, Gunga John!"

His morning protocol
Was to light a Temple Hall
Then take a little stroll around the store
And while Goldman's Johnnys might
Head for lunch at some chic site
Our Johnny ate with us--right on the Floor!

Yes it's John! John! John!
Not perfect, nor were Koufax, Ford, or Spahn
Tell the guys who worked for Buffett
That in my book they can stuff it!
You're a better man than they are, Gunga John!