| Charlie D. Contributor(s): Falloon, William D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0471156728 ISBN-13: 9780471156727 Publisher: Wiley OUR PRICE: $28.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: A natural born risk-taker, Charlie D approached trading as the ultimate sport. His daily trading positions were often larger than those of the banks and corporations which traded against him. His flare for life dazzled those around him, whether battling volatile market swings in the bond pit, tossing the dice at the craps table in Las Vegas, relentlessly pursuing the perfect golf swing, or playing one of his notorious practical jokes. Beneath the flamboyance, however, there was a quieter, less assuming side to Charlie D, a salt-of-the-earth midwesterner in striking contrast to the popular media image of greedy market inhabitants. Charlie D was a world-class philanthropist. From cab drivers to valet attendants, from washed-out traders to close friends and family, from former high school football coaches to leading medical researchers, he gave and gave and gave. Perhaps the ultimate legacy of Charlie D will be his ferocious tenacity in the face of personal tragedy. When an aggressive lymphoma attacked his system - and his brother and mother were also diagnosed with cancer - Charlie D grew more determined than ever to live life to the fullest. His outlook never changed. Returning to the CBOT's bond pit between chemotherapy and radiation treatments, he donned a protective vest beneath his jacket and resumed his position on the top step, where he remained until two weeks before his death on May 23, 1991. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Investments & Securities - Bonds |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 97026539 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 6.43" W x 9.4" (1.03 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Charles DiFrancesca war ein legendärer Börsenhändler für festverzinsliche Wertpapiere am CBOT. Als vielleicht bester Wertpapierhändler seiner Zeit machten seine Handelskampagne und sein Erfolg den Handel mit festverzinslichen Papieren zu dem, was er heute ist - eine weltberühmtes Geschäft. Sein tägliches Handelsvolumen war oft umfangreicher als das der internationalen Banken und multinationalen Unternehmen, die gegen ihn arbeiteten. Charlie, nach der Basketball-Legende mit dem Spitznamen Sultan of Scalp belegt, stand an der Spitze des Wertpapiergeschäfts, bis er viel zu früh an Krebs verstarb. Er hätte für Market Wizards und New Market Wizards interviewt werden sollen (er hätte dem allerdings nicht zugestimmt). Seine Bedeutung lä t sich mit der von George Soros (Staatspapiere) und Warren Buffett (Aktiengeschäft) vergleichen. |