Trading with the Enemy: Seduction and Betrayal on Jim Cramer's Wall Street
Author: Nicholas W. Maier
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ISBN: 0060086513
Publisher: HarperBusiness (05 March, 2002)
Sales Rank: 26,452
Average Customer Rating: 3.73 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
Cramer all bark
Fun book. The author paid his dues working for Cramer, he deserves to get a pay day. Don't blame him a bit for telling stories out of school - old Jim did deserve it.The most interesting facet of Cramer's personality is his chameleon-like ability to change his behavior depending on who he is speaking to. To those he perceives as having more power - he's polite. To those who take his money in one way or another - he's a horror.
But beyond all else, he is the classic bully. Full of abuse and threats toward the Bloomberg repairman - as cowardly as it gets when dealing with someone who is in a position to fight back.
My favorite scene was when Cramer ran out of the office to go and beat up a broker. That's rich. I don't believe Cramer ever actually beat anyone up. He comes across as a bit of a panty-waist.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Required Reading for Everyone in the Business World!
I read this book in a day -- I could not put it down. Besides being extremely well written and at times down right hysterical (I had to set it down twice while I could not stop laughing!), it drives home a major point that too many people in the business world have only started thinking about since September 11 -- is it worth it? I hardly knew who Jim Cramer was and it doesn't matter. There are a million other business executives that "model" the kind of behavior Jim Cramer exhibited in this book. I know firsthand after 20+ years in Fortune 500 companies. But why do we sit back and tolerate, promote and enrich people who scream at their secretaries and copier repairmen, turn the air blue with their foul language, entertain themselves by belittling others and value money far above fundamental ethics or concern for fellow human beings? Maier's book is the perfect reading material for those who need a laugh over the ridiculous corporate cultures we've come to rationalize as acceptable -- and who may need the courage to walk away.
Rating: 4 out of 5
A well written book. Interesting. Definitely a pager turner
For those who like Liar's Poker and Fiasco, you should not miss this book. For those who have not read the above two great books but are interested in the operation of a real hedge fund (that there's no hedgeing at all but wild speculation using quasi inside information and influence on mass media/large brokers), this book is for you.
For those who appreciate good story writing but are ignorant of the stock market, this book still offers great enjoyment, thanks to the comparative literature background of the author.
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