Drawing from his own experiences in the turbulent '70s and '80s, hedge fund pioneer Jerrold Fine blends a heartfelt story of a young man fiercely intent on achieving independence with a fascinating insider's look at the perks and pitfalls of a high-stakes life in the world of financial markets. Rogers Stout has the gambler's gifts--a titanic brain, an uncanny ability to read people, and a risk-taker's daring. As an apathetic high school student who loves baseball but lacks a 90-mph fastball, he knows that the game does ...
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Drawing from his own experiences in the turbulent '70s and '80s, hedge fund pioneer Jerrold Fine blends a heartfelt story of a young man fiercely intent on achieving independence with a fascinating insider's look at the perks and pitfalls of a high-stakes life in the world of financial markets. Rogers Stout has the gambler's gifts--a titanic brain, an uncanny ability to read people, and a risk-taker's daring. As an apathetic high school student who loves baseball but lacks a 90-mph fastball, he knows that the game does not begin until the ball leaves the pitcher's hand. But his life needs direction. Everything changes the summer he is invited into the boisterous environment of an investment bank's trading room, and to a gambling hall dive where he immediately wins big at poker, capturing the attention of his co-workers with his card-playing skills. Intrigued by trading markets, Rogers' intellectual curiosity takes him to Wharton and then Wall Street, where he faces challenges as an outsider who thinks and acts differently from the white-shoe establishment. With his intuition and prowess, he's ready to rewrite the rules and tackle markets with a flair that leaves his employers flabbergasted. Rogers leans heavily on his gut instincts and the unusual cadre of friendships he cultivates, but learns the hard way to be alert to the perils that await him. As Rogers plays his career hand, life plays another. Should he follow the temptress Elsbeth and her ravishing beauty, or Charlotte, his high-spirited first love? An intriguing look at human aspiration and the interplay of honor, greed, fear, and individuality, the novel Make Me Even and I'll Never Gamble Again reveals a time when a new generation upended the status quo on Wall Street and forever changed investing. Along with two Wharton colleagues Jerrold Fine, at age 24, started one of the first hedge funds in 1967. Nine years later he founded a private investment firm which he managed until he converted it into a family office in 2014. That was the year Rogers Stout entered his consciousness and refused to leave.
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