{"product_id":"the-buy-side-a-wall-street-traders-tale-of-spectacular-excess-paperback","title":"The Buy Side: A Wall Street Trader's Tale of Spectacular Excess - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTurney Duff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003ci\u003e -\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA former Galleon Group trader portrays an after-hours Wall Street culture where drugs and sex are rampant and billions in trading commissions flow to those who dangle the most enticements. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA remarkable writing debut, filled with indelible moments, \u003ci\u003eThe Buy Side\u003c\/i\u003e shows as no book ever has the rewards--and dizzying temptations--of making a living on the Street. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up in the 1980's Turney Duff was your average kid from Kennebunk, Maine, eager to expand his horizons. After trying - and failing - to land a job as a journalist, he secured a trainee position at Morgan Stanley and got his first feel for the pecking order that exists in the trading pits. Those on the \"buy side,\" the traders who make large bets on whether a stock will rise or fall, are the \"alphas\" and those on the \"sell side,\" the brokers who handle their business, are eager to please. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow \u003c\/i\u003eeager to please was brought home stunningly to Turney in 1999 when he arrived at the Galleon Group, a colossal hedge-fund management firm run by secretive founder Raj Rajaratnam. Finally in a position to trade on his own, Turney was encouraged to socialize with the sell side and siphon from his new broker friends as much information as possible. Soon he was not just vacuuming up valuable tips but also being lured into a variety of hedonistic pursuits. Na ve enough to believe he could keep up the lifestyle without paying a price, he managed to keep an eye on his buy-and-sell charts and, meanwhile, pondered the strange goings on at Galleon, where tens of millions were being made each week in sometimes mysterious ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt his next positions, at Argus Partners and J.L. Berkowitz, Turney climbed to even higher heights - and, as it turned out, plummeted to even lower \u003ci\u003edepths \u003c\/i\u003e- as, by day, he solidified his reputation one of the Street's most powerful healthcare traders, and by night, he blazed a path through the city's nightclubs, showing off his social genius and voraciously inhaling any drug that would fill the void he felt inside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA mesmerizingly immersive journey through Wall Street's first millennial decade, and a poignant self portrait by a young man who surely would have destroyed himself were it not for his decision to walk away from a seven-figure annual income, \u003ci\u003eThe Buy Side \u003c\/i\u003eis one of the best coming-of-age-on-the-Street books ever written.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTurney Duff \u003c\/b\u003ehas worked on Wall Street since 1994, including at Morgan Stanley, the Galleon Group, Argus Partners, and J.L. Berkowitz. A graduate of Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, he has written and executive-produced two short movies and under his rap name Cleveland D, was partly responsible for the infamous Galleon song, On the Good Ship Galleon. He currently lives in Long Island City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.18 x 5.21 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468182700285,"sku":"9780770437176","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/ZmRHM1pCK1RXTzhFUnlsYTRzM3J3dz09.webp?v=1777285719","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-buy-side-a-wall-street-traders-tale-of-spectacular-excess-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}