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“The U.S. stock market now trades inside black boxes, in heavily guarded buildings in New Jersey and Chicago.”
― Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
― Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
“A man got to have a code. - Omar Little”
― Flash Boys
― Flash Boys
“A big bonus was about as well concealed on the Salomon Brothers trading floor as the results of a hot date in a high school boys’ locker room.”
― Liar's Poker
― Liar's Poker
“I walked over to the TV set and turned it on to a dead channel—white noise at maximum decibels, a fine sound for sleeping, a powerful continuous hiss to drown out everything strange.”
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
― Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
“What Gutfreund said has become a legend at Salomon Brothers and a visceral part of its corporate identity. He said: “One hand, one million dollars, no tears.”
― Liar's Poker
― Liar's Poker
Bkilpatrick’s 2025 Year in Books
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