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To: glennaro

“One of many fine quotes from that classic film.”

My first job out of college in 1984 with a finance degree was working for a brokerage house.

The movie is spot on how it was back then. Little exaggerated.
I was a lousey trader was fired. I am not the type a, ruthless competitive type of person.
I was making 75-80k and I was at the bottom of the rung in sales. That was a lot lof money in 1984 but there was guys making 350k on up.


29 posted on 01/28/2021 8:31:37 AM PST by setter
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To: setter

I’ve always considered the Trilogy of Modern America Business Films to include “Wall Street”, “Glengary Glen Ross” and “Boiler Room”. A couple semesters worth of business knowledge (and shennigans of course) contained therein. Cheers!


36 posted on 01/28/2021 8:44:04 AM PST by glennaro (Tyranny can only be defeated by force ... physical force. It doesn't just "go away" by itself!)
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To: setter

I think also of the Matthew McConaughey scene in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

Mark Hanna : Number one rule of Wall Street. Nobody - and I don’t care if you’re Warren Buffet or if you’re Jimmy Buffet - nobody knows if a stock is going to go up, down, sideways or in circles. You know what a fugazi is?

Jordan Belfort : Fugayzi, it’s a fake.

Mark Hanna : Fugayzi, fugazi. It’s a whazy. It’s a woozie. It’s fairy dust. It doesn’t exist. It’s never landed. It is no matter. It’s not on the elemental chart. It’s not _______ real.


69 posted on 01/28/2021 1:09:12 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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