Wall St. Stories
Legendary investment decisions by Wall Street giants — and the stories behind them
Series
3 partsThe Big Short
A one-eyed doctor read 130 pages of fine print no one else bothered with. Two years of silence and ridicule — then 489% returns.
4 partsBill Ackman
From a 7-year war against Herbalife to a 100x trade in 30 days during COVID. The evolution of an activist investor forged by defeat.
2 partsBlack Wednesday
September 16, 1992. One phone call. One billion dollars. The day Soros broke the Bank of England.
4 partsBuffett Chronicles
From Buffett's 21-year-old beginnings in Omaha to Munger's final words at 99. The defining decisions that shaped the value investing era.
1 partsBurry Chronicles
Twelve years after The Big Short — where has Burry been? A chronicle of warnings that never stopped.
3 partsCharlie Munger
The man Buffett called "my brain." A philosophy distilled into one sentence: invert, always invert.
4 partsGameStop Saga
A YouTuber in his basement launched a war against hedge funds. The chronicle of diamond hands and the GameStop frenzy.
4 partsJesse Livermore
The greatest speculator of the 20th century. Went broke four times, came back four times. But never changed — and that's the story.
3 partsPeter Lynch
The fund manager who found ten-baggers at the mall. 1,500% returns over 13 years before retiring at 46.
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