Confessions of a Street Addict
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Confessions of a Street Addict

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$24.51
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0743524735
Dimensions
5 x 0.75 x 5.75 inches
Weight
8 ounces

Description

From Library Journal Wall Street, that is. Top trader turned journalist Cramer, who founded the online financial rag TheStreet.com, reveals insider secrets. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. From AudioFile This memoir of a world-class stock expert should not be missed by anyone interested in stock trading and the fast-trackers who do it on Wall Street today. The scrappy commentator on CNBC's "Kudrow & Cramer" show and co-founder of TheStreet.com traces his market addiction from his early days as a Harvard law student and news reporter to top-shelf positions at Goldman, Sachs and his own hedge fund, Cramer Berkowitz. The stories he tells certify him as one of the most outrageous personalities in the market, and every bit of this quality comes through in his reading and in the details of his life. His gift for suspense, narrative, and most of all, brutal honesty makes this audio spellbinding and thoroughly entertaining. T.W. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Features & Highlights

  • A tour of Wall Street in the tradition of Liar's Poker also traces the life and career of the author, the co-founder of TheStreet.com and Smart Money magazine, from his Philadelphia childhood through his exploits as a financial journalist. Read by the author.

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One Star

Book should be renamed, "How my wife saved by behind several times because i know nothing about trading"
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Glad it wasn't about drugs.

Amazing, gut wrenching saga of the rise of one of the the greatest market analyst, trader, stock picker and TV personality of our generation.
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Good audio book.

Real good story. Cramer does a great job tellling his early life in the trading world and the street.com
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Confessions of a Street Addict is the irresistible backstory to Real Money

After listening to Real Money twice, I had to know such things as how did Cramer go from a kid who devoured the financial section of he daily paper (and not the sports pages) to a low-paying reporting job in Tallahassee, to a successful trader and hedge fund manager? (Partial answer, The Trading Goddess who later became his wife.) His Real Money book is fun, clear, and easy-to-follow. He's a great teacher and I retained huge amounts of info the first time through both books. (Full disclosure, I'm a college prof. myself although in humanities with a weak-read virtually useless-undergraduate minor in international trade.). I could go on about how much I both enjoyed and learned from both books but...

Bottom line: Read Real Money first, and then if you are so inclined (personally, I had to find out what real life experiences led Cramer to distill his Ten Commandments and 25 Cardinal rules. I also recommend the audio books because his inflection and delivery style make the material unforgettable and funny. And, his audiobook delivery is much less vertiginous than his program on CNBC.