Exile on Wall Street Hardcover - 2011 - 1st Edition

From the jacket flap

From Mike Mayo, the star banking analyst once nicknamed the "CEOkiller," comes Exile on Wall Street: One Analyst's Fight to Savethe Big Banks from Themselves, the true story of a man who dared tospeak out against the status quo on The Street.

The book centers around one truth: the financial crisis hasn'tchanged a thing. ChroniclingMayo's time working first for theFederal Reserve in Washington and then with many of the biggestbanks in the world, the book is packed with outrageousadventures--from management escorting him out of the LehmanBrothers building to getting fired from Credit Suisse for putting asell rating on the entire banking sector to being banned fromspeaking to the media by Deutsche Bank because of his "negative"views. Wall Street has been playing dirty for years, and Mayoanalyzes the fallout stemming from the market crash, pointing outthe numerous holes that still exist in the system.

Offering a remarkable look at the behind-the-scenes machinationsof the biggest financial institutions, Exile on Wall Street is agripping read for anyone with an interest in business and finance, U.S. capitalism, the future of banking, and the root causes of thefinancial meltdown. It is also an invaluable resource for bankers, finance practitioners, and other industry professionals.

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• Choice, 04/01/2012, Page 0
• Publishers Weekly, 12/19/2011, Page 0