The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders

Sixth reading in a decade - somehow keep connecting with the book albeit unavoidable encounters at the most unexpected places. Be warned - once you pick it up, difficult to put on cue!

Good read, a bit hard to follow he intricacies of the goings-on at times - but a very enjoyable read all the same.

Thank you very much.

Very good.

I am surprised at the low standards of printing by Simon and Schuster. The type has not been reset for the paperback edition and looks like a photocopy of the orginal text making it difficult to read for long passages. The bleeds on the cover have also not been properly adjusted.

1-Sterne-Bewertung bezieht sich ausschließlich auf das Taschenbuch (Reprint, 978-1982144265), nicht das eigentliche Werk.Von außen sieht der Einband dieses Taschenbuches absolut plausibel und hochqualitativ aus. Darin verbirgt sich jedoch eine verblüffend schlechte Druckqualität. Alle Seiten des eigentlichen Textes sind in extrem geringer Auflösung wiedergegeben. Man darf davon ausgehen, dass es sich hier nicht um einen Einzelfall etwa im Print-on-Demand handelt ("Printed in France by Amazon" berichtet die letzte Seite in messerscharfer Qualität), weil auch eine Rezension auf Amazon US im Oktober 2023 bereits davon berichtet.

Amazingly well researched book into the use of junk bonds as a tool to raise equity. Very well explained, technical while still interesting. Great for anyone wanting a deeper insight into the evolution of American finance.

No se mete a los temas importantes principalmente lo sucedido después del Boensky Day. No lo recomiendo hay uno muy bueno de nombre Den of Thieves es mucho mejor.

Connie Bruck forged an in-depth exploration of the rise of Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham. His signature product, junk bonds, is vividly dissected for their effects on the marketplace, on individuals buying and selling them, and on the companies whose interests they presumably serve. Each major bond issue by Milken's firm is a case study unto itself. The book is lengthy (it took me months to finish, picking it up several times only to realize I did not have the appropriate time to devote to its completion) but that is the result of the author's attention to multifold details that assemble a rich tapestry telling the story of the major injection of capital into the American economy in the 1980s (aside from mortgage-backed securities).

The text of all the pages looks like a granular zoomed in document. What kind of printing quality is this?