Frank Partnoy Books

From the author of the best-selling F.I.A.S.C.O., a riveting chronicle of the terrifying rise of financial skulduggery and the damage it is doing. F.I.A.S.C.O. was 'Blood in the Water on Wall Street', this is blood and guts everywhere.

F.I.A.S.C.O. is a ringside seat on the nastiest and most important game being played on Wall Street today: think of derivatives trading as a blood sport, with the unsuspecting consumer as the prey. New chapter with the latest scandals.

Warren Buffett compares stock trading to great athletes: they excel, not because of fast neurological responses, but because of their ability to delay as long as possible before reacting. Successful CEOs, fire fighters, and military officers all know how to manage delay to gather as much information as possible to get the results they need.In Wait, Frank Partnoy argues that decisions of all kinds, whether 'snap' or long-term, benefit from being made at the last possible moment. The art of knowing how long you can afford to delay before committing is at the heart of many a great decision, whether in a corporate takeover or a marriage proposal. Apologies are better received if they are not rushed; audiences listen more attentively if speakers pause first, people who can defer gratification are happier and more successful than those who must have everything now. Exploring decisions that must be made in a millisecond to those that take months and years, Partnoy demonstrates that the ability to wait is crucial to getting the right answer and that gut instincts are often wrong.

Ivar Kreuger (1880 – 1932) war die zentrale Figur des europäischen Zündwarenmonopols, ein genialer Geschäftsmann und Erfinder ebenso trickreicher wie dubioser Finanzprodukte. Ein Gewinner und Verlierer zugleich. Nach dem rasanten Aufstieg seines Unternehmens folgte der tiefe Absturz und ein tragisches Ende: Selbstmord. In der Krise der 1920er-Jahre erkaufte Kreuger sich mit Krediten das Zündholzmonopol in Not leidenden Ländern Mitteleuropas und Südamerikas. Sein Trick: er emittierte Anleihen (Inhaber-Obligationen) auf sein Unternehmen und nahm dadurch Kredite auf, die er weiterverlieh. Das System kollabierte, als die Staaten nicht mehr zahlen konnten. Frank Partnoy hat diesen spannenden Stoff akribisch recherchiert und großartig nacherzählt. Sein Buch zeichnet ein genaues Bild der schillernden Figur Ivar Kreuger und seiner dubiosen Methoden als Finanzgenie.