[2/19/2016]I still don't understand what a credit default swap is, or a CDO, or even a short. But I understand a little better who was a fault, and the kind of people who were involved in the whole incredible mess.Well written, almost like a thriller, this book follows several men who saw what was ...
Michael Lewis has a way of making the most complicated financial actions seem simple and straightforward. This is the second book of his that I've read and the narrative touch that he brings really helps to make the true chaos of Wall Street understandable. This was no easy task, as the derivatives ...
The Big Short by Michael Lewis is a must read for anyone interested in how the financial system works (or doesn't work).The characters and their stories are very interesting providing the needed personality to keep the reader engagedIt is funny and reads like a novel, very fast, easy and informative...
I have not seen this movie and wasn't planning to read the book but our book discussion group at my public library scheduled it so I checked it out. I loved it. I generally read fiction but this reads as easily as fiction and was totally engrossing for me. I had to put aside all the others books ...
On Reading & Rating For my money (which, since I'm neither a Wall Street tycoon, nor a Russian coding genius, isn't a whole heck of a lot) this isn't Michael Lewis' best work. My reading experience was a mix of fascination and frustration. Why the latter? Lewis covers (and condemns) a whole bunch of...
Amazing and outraging, this book details some of the characters who sought to protect ordinary and savvy investors alike from a new breed of technological predator in the American stock market.
In "The Big Short", Michael Lewis takes another waltz through the disaster that is Wall Street.I personally saw so much of the topic of this book happening over the course of my career in the financial world. In the early 1990's as a broker with Merrill Lynch, Lewis had written our Bible, "Liar's Po...
A fascinating read. Michael Lewis has a well-deserved reputation for taking dry, complex subjects and making them accessible and interesting. He earns it pretty well here. There are still a lot of things I don't understand about the financial markets in which this book is set, but I got what I neede...
A fascinating read. Michael Lewis has a well-deserved reputation for taking dry, complex subjects and making them accessible and interesting. He earns it pretty well here. There are still a lot of things I don't understand about the financial markets in which this book is set, but I got what I neede...
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