This is the true story of a top Wall Street player who chronicles his own transformation from a straight arrow believer in the markets, to a jaded critic who reveals how the insiders game is really played. Dan Reingold was one of the top analysts on Wall Street. Specializing in telecom companies like WorldCom and Qwest, Reingold believed in Wall Street, and was a part of it. But in this insiders memoir, Reingold describes how his enthusiasm gradually gave way to disgust when he saw how deeply corrupt Wall Street really was. Because big investors had the advantage of inside information, which companies shared with more accommodating analysts, Reingold saw how a straight arrow like himself was doomed to fail. Ultimately, Reingold comes to terms with the corrupted, insiders game that was his profession. In the tradition of Liar's Poker, this is a lively, insiders account of how things really work on Wall Street. To complete his tale, Reingold even sat through the 2005 trial of one of the most spectacular losers of the 1990s, fallen WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers, who Reingold knew in his heyday. This is a very personal story, and a warts-and-all look at the investing business that is extremely relevant in today's post-scandal world.

这是一个真实的故事，讲述了一个华尔街的顶级玩家，他自己从一个市场上的直截了当的信徒，转变成了一个厌倦的评论家，揭示了内幕人士的游戏是如何进行的。丹·莱因戈尔德是华尔街最顶尖的分析师之一。专注于电信公司如世通和Qwest，Reingold相信华尔街，也是华尔街的一部分。但在这本内部人士的回忆录中，莱因戈尔德描述了当他看到华尔街的腐败程度之深时，他的热情是如何逐渐被厌恶所取代的。因为大投资者拥有内幕信息的优势，而这些信息是公司与更通融的分析师分享的，莱茵戈尔德看到了像他这样的直箭注定要失败。最终，莱因戈尔德接受了腐败的，内部人的游戏，这是他的职业。在传统的说谎者扑克，这是一个生动的，内幕人士如何真正工作的华尔街。为了完成他的故事，莱茵戈尔德甚至在2005年经历了对20世纪90年代最引人注目的失败者之一、倒下的世通首席执行官伯尼·艾伯斯（Bernie Ebbers）的审判，莱茵戈尔德在鼎盛时期就认识他。这是一个非常个人化的故事，也是一个值得关注的问题，所有人都在关注与当今丑闻后世界极为相关的投资业务。