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‘There Is Nothing New in Wall Street’: A Stock Trader’s Life in the 1920s

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Edwin Lefèvre | Reminiscences of a Stock Operator | 1923 Our latest Longreads First Chapter comes recommended by Michelle Legro: Long before the “Wolf of Wall Street” Jordan Belfort made his first million or snorted his first line of cocaine, turn-of-the-century trader Jesse Livermore, the “Great Bear of Wall Street,” accumulated over $100 million short-selling stocks before the […]

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‘There Is Nothing New in Wall Street’: A Stock Trader’s Life in the 1920s

by Longreads

Edwin Lefèvre | Reminiscences of a Stock Operator | 1923 Our latest Longreads First Chapter comes recommended by Michelle Legro: Long before the “Wolf of Wall Street” Jordan Belfort made his first million or snorted his first line of cocaine, turn-of-the-century trader Jesse Livermore, the “Great Bear of Wall Street,” accumulated over $100 million short-selling stocks before the […]

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'Damn Right,' I Said.

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‘Damn Right,’ I Said. Bush is the lone hero of every page of Decision Points. Very few spoken words are assigned to him, outside of the public records of speeches and press conferences, and in nearly all of them he is forceful, in command, and peeved at the inadequacies of his subordinates: ‘What the hell is […]

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'Damn Right,' I Said.

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‘Damn Right,’ I Said. Bush is the lone hero of every page of Decision Points. Very few spoken words are assigned to him, outside of the public records of speeches and press conferences, and in nearly all of them he is forceful, in command, and peeved at the inadequacies of his subordinates: ‘What the hell is […]

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Now on Longreads.com: Community Picks and (Optional!) Become a Longreads Member

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Fun fact: Longreads turned 2 years old last month.  Since then, our community has blown up into something bigger but still just as wonderful.  So today we’re launching Community Picks, a new section on Longreads designed to showcase all the amazing stories you’re sharing every day. Community Picks features the most popular and recent tweets on […]

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