Scam Dogs and Mo-mo Mamas - John Emschwiller
Inside the Wild and Woolly World of Internet Stock Trading
KORTE INHOUD
A burrito maker and bon vivant called Tokyo Joe A very big textile-coatings salesman named Big Dog A bankrupt heating contractor who styles himself as Georgia Bard Meet the new leaders of the twenty-first-century stock market-each an Internet stock-trading legend. Each a cyber-guru in the vanguard of the millions of trading and talking about stocks on the Internet. Each with legions of eager followers and determined foes, and the ability to make stock prices leap-or plummet-at the click of a mouse. Colorful, charismatic, and often outrageous, they are reshaping the way we invest and how Wall Street works. Scam Dogs and Mo-Mo Mamas is their story-the first journalistic look at these market wizards and their brave new world. Veteran Wall Street Journal reporter John Emshwiller has entered that world and brought back a lively, entertaining tale, documenting their rise, the culture they've created, their intertwined lives, and their power, influence and turf battles.;Pitted against the cyber-gurus, and a major pa...
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