Capital Ideas
by Peter L. Bernstein | 
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
by Edwin Lefevre | 
Liar's Poker
by Michael Lewis | 
When Genius Failed
by Roger Lowenstein | 
The Greatest Trade Ever
by Gregory Zuckerman | 
The Alchemy of Finance
by George Soros |
Take on the Street
by Arthur Levitt | 
More Money Than God
by Sebastian Mallaby | 
Fooling Some of the People All of the Time
by David Einhorn | 
The Quants
by Scott Patterson |
Hedgehogging
by Barton Biggs | 
Confessions of a Street Addict
by James J. Cramer |
The Sellout
by Charles Gasparino | 
Understanding Wall Street
by Jeffrey B. Little | 
More Than You Know
by Michael J. Mauboussin |
"Fiasco" is the shocking story of one man's education in the jungles of Wall Street. As a young derivatives salesman at Morgan Stanley, Frank Partnoy learned to buy and sell billions of dollars worth of securities that were so complex many traders themselves didn't understand them. In his behind-the-scenes look at the trading floor and the offices of one of the world's top investment firms, Partnoy recounts the macho attitudes and fiercely competitive ploys of his office mates. And he takes us to the annual drunken skeet-shooting competition, FIASCO, where he and his colleagues sharpen the killer instincts they are encouraged to use against their competitiors, their clients, and each other. "Fiasco" is the first book to take on the derivatves trading industry--the most highly charged and risky sector of the stock market. More importantly, it is a blistering indictment of the largely unregulated market in derivatives and serves as a warning to unwary investors about real fiascos, which have cost billions of dollars.