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Black Edge
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Black Edge

Inside Information, Dirty Money, and the Quest to Bring Down the Most Wanted Man on Wall Street

by Sheelah Kolhatkar

Recommended by Max Levchin

Recommended by Max Levchin

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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Hedge Funds, Economics, and True Crime.

The story of billionaire trader Steven Cohen, the rise and fall of his hedge fund SAC Capital, and the largest insider trading investigation in history for readers of The Big Short, Den of Thieves, and Dark MoneySteven A. Cohen changed Wall Street. He and his fellow pioneers of the hedge fund industry didn t lay railroads, build factories, or inven...

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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Hedge Funds, Economics, and True Crime.

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Max Levchin

Black Edge reads more outrageous and fictional, such is the hubris of the many characters portrayed in it

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