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Fool's gold : how the bold dream of a small tribe at J.P. Morgan was corrupted by Wall Street greed and unleashed a catastrophe

Title
Fool's gold : how the bold dream of a small tribe at J.P. Morgan was corrupted by Wall Street greed and unleashed a catastrophe / Gillian Tett.
Author
Tett, Gillian.
Publication
New York : Free Press, 2009.
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Description
x, 293 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
Traces the relationship between a team of JP Morgan banking gurus and the current financial crisis, documenting their invention of a bold variety of allegedly risk-free investments that sparked a frenzy in the banking world and may have directly contributed to the market crash.
Subject
  • J.P. Morgan & Co
  • Credit derivatives > United States > History
  • Housing > United States > Finance
  • Financial crises > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.
Contents
The derivatives dream -- Dancing around the regulators -- The dream team -- The cuffs come off -- Merger mania -- Innovation unleashed -- Mr. Dimon takes charge -- Risky business -- Leveraging lunacy -- Tremors -- Bank run -- Meltdown -- The end of investment banking as we know it.
Call Number
JBE 14-255
ISBN
  • 9781416598572
  • 141659857X
LCCN
2009005127
OCLC
2009005127
Author
Tett, Gillian.
Title
Fool's gold : how the bold dream of a small tribe at J.P. Morgan was corrupted by Wall Street greed and unleashed a catastrophe / Gillian Tett.
Imprint
New York : Free Press, 2009.
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-274) and index.
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JBE 14-255
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