Independent Investor

Liar’s Poker will not give you many good trading ideas.  It will also give a rather out dated view of how the financial markets operate today as it misses out on the computer revolution in the market.  However it is useful in setting the rather mad, borderline insane, scene that makes up for many professional financial market operations.  And this in itself leads to a very important lesson.
Firstly this is a true story.  Michael Lewis was an art history graduate who got a …