LIARS POKER: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street (Norton Paperback)

It's kind of an autobiography that Reads like a thriller giving lots of capital market hacks throughout. Good starting book if you want to understand investor and trader behaviour. Good starting point to understand bond and equity environment in US and the world overall.

A very good read about the evolution of modern financial instruments in the debt market with humorous one liners. The following part is apt description of an investment banking analyst..resembled a lot. ;) 'Analysts didn't analyze anything. They were slaves to a team of corporate financiers, the men who did the negotiations and paper work (though not the trading and selling) of new issues of stocks and bonds for America's corporations. At Salomon Brothers they were the lowest of the low; at other banks they were the lowest of the high; in either case theirs was a miserable job. Analysts photocopied, proofread, and assembled breathtakingly dull securities documents for ninety and more hours a week.'

Great fan of the author, and this book is as good as his renowned “big-short” on sub prime crisis. This tells his own journey through the world of finance and it’s a fascinating journey. Just as he has been doing all along, the author presents complex financial world in such a simplified way that even a layman like me finds it easy to identify and submerge in it. Awesome is the word!

Good product and at Rs. 160/- it is a value for money. Lewis does a good job of narrating his experiences as an employee of 'Salomon Brothers' and how those wall street firms operate, their ethics, mindset etc.. Although his experiences are more from experiences as a trainee and trader on the floor, book covers only few years of the history of 'Salomon Brothers'. It could have been better had he covered next few years as well till the fall of 'Salomon Brothers'. Regarding delivery, although product was 'Fulfilled by Amazon', it was shipped through Gati Courier and they ruined my overall experience. My earlier order, which was fulfilled by Amazon was delivered overnight by Bluedart and I had that experience in mind while ordering this product, but Gati took 5 days for same city delivery and ruined my overall experience as well as my faith in 'Fulfilled by Amazon' service.

It's a package of fun and knowledge ..Author has beautifully explain the rise of mortgage bond market and soloman brothers as well downfall of soloman brothers...Very knowledgeable and fun read..After reading the book you will get a complete sense of Type of bond and it's market....In some sense author has also exploits the greedy culture of soloman brothers and it's upper management..Very lovely read.

Reviewing the print quality only as the book itself needs no recommendations… Printed in UK? Such low quality cover, paper and print at 400+ price! If possible avoid this paperback format online or buy from a physical book store if available. Same with “The Big Short”. Great book, poor print.

I read the book many times over. It gave a fair idea about the causes for the present day affairs of the financial world. This book lucidly explains the origin of secularization and its implications on leverage. This book is not easy to digest for a novice investor or a student of finance. But the author has put forth difficult ideas with his natural humor so that the reader is never bored.

This was Michael Lewis' first work and he reveals his first brilliance as a tracker of Wall Street's conscience.The roots of many of the inglorious financial innovations and their pernicious effect on society can be traced right back to the 1980s. We have had 1987, 1998, 2008, 2010(flash crash) and silicon valley joining wall street with the speculation in crypto currencies and algorithms This book is a testament to the fact that there will always be Deja vu in Financial Markets and we are condemned to repeat our mistakes if we are destined to forget History

A história é excelente para quem se interessa por mercado financeiro. Este foi o segundo livro do Michael Lewis que li (o primeiro foi Moneyball), e gostei muito o jeito que estruturou as histórias e como narrou os bastidores do ambiente de negociação nos mercados. Até traz a tona comportamentos dos envolvidos (que considero ainda bastante atuais) e a dinâmica de funcionamento entre as instituições, como a replicação de estruturas e ideias e como a concorrência funciona dentro dos oligopólios estabelecidos. Para quem não trabalha no mercado financeiro pode ser que faça menos sentido o conteúdo, mas não deixa de ser mesmo assim uma boa narrativa. Adquiri a versão digital e não encontrei nenhum erro de edição ou problema durante toda a leitura.

The book does a great job showing the culture that prevailed in the dirty world of bond brokers in Wall Street during the 80's. In an easy to read way, the book opens your eyes to the corruption, incompetence and dirt that permeated institutions like Salomon Bros. which ultimately led to the financial crisis of 2008. It's a must read if you want to understand the financial world of today.

Great book, and I'm so surprised at Michael Lewis' ability to write this book right after he quit Solomon. Would recommend to anyone who's interested in getting a job in the banking sector, or just has an interest in Wall Street.

There is vividness in the prose, a shrewd eye for details and characters, a quasi British sense of humor. Very entertaining.

Easily one of the most entertaining books about finance that I have read in the last several years. Well written, absolutely hilarious (I literally laughed out loud a handful of times), and so immersive. I could barely put the book down. As someone who works in finance, I found the characters so relatable, and the stories even more so. I've recommended this book to a lot of people over the years.