As seen on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock."

TODD A. HARRISON, founder and CEO of Minyanville Media, Inc., has 20 years of experience on Wall Street. He spent 7 years on the worldwide equity derivative desk at Morgan Stanley as Vice President, was Managing Director of Derivatives at The Galleon Group, and was President of the $400 million hedge fund Cramer Berkowitz. He has appeared on FOX, CNBC, CNN, and Bloomberg TV, and in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, The New York Times, Worth, Fortune, Barron's, Dow Jones MarketWatch, New York Magazine, and Canada's National Post. Todd has lectured at numerous academic institutions including Harvard University, Syracuse University, New York University, and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has also been active in research of financial market learning tendencies among college students, and was a contributing author to "Threat, Intimidation, and Student Financial Market Knowledge: An Empirical Study," published in the Journal of Education for Business. Todd was featured in the 20th anniversary documentary of Oliver Stone's movie Wall Street and in 2008, he received an Emmy Award from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for his role as Executive Producer of Minyanville's World in Review, the first and only animated business news show.

Foreword xii Preface xv Chapter 1: The Age of Innocence 1 Chapter 2: Bagel Boy 11 Chapter 3: Animal House 19 Chapter 4: Let the Games Begin! 29 Chapter 5: War Stories 39 Chapter 6: An Officer and a Gentleman 53 Chapter 7: Trading Places 63 Chapter 8: New Beginnings 73 Chapter 9: Battle Lines 81 Chapter 10: Reality Bites 89 Chapter 11: Sign of the Times 95 Chapter 12: Brokedown Palace 105 Chapter 13: Foul Play 115 Chapter 14: Genesis of a Dream 123 Chapter 15: The Audible 133 Chapter 16: The Abyss 141 Chapter 17: The Phoenix 153 Chapter 18: The Journey 163 Acknowledgments 169 About the Author 171 Index 173