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Best Finance/Coorporation/Business Movies

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Prospect

Joined: Dec, 2006

Posts: 247

Posted: Feb. 2, 2009 - 9:39 PM ET #1

I've seen the standards, Wall Street, The Firm, etc. What are some other good movies you guys have seen.

Thanks

Legend

Joined: Oct, 2008

Posts: 58493

Posted: Feb. 4, 2009 - 1:24 AM ET #2

Prospect

Joined: Sep, 2007

Posts: 450

Posted: Feb. 14, 2009 - 5:49 PM ET #3

boiler room
#1 imho

All-Star

Joined: Feb, 2004

Posts: 12057

Posted: Feb. 14, 2009 - 5:52 PM ET #4

"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" is a good one.

Veteran

Joined: Dec, 2006

Posts: 2910

Posted: Feb. 14, 2009 - 10:41 PM ET #5

Trading Places for comedic relief....

Best book: Liar's Poker for the same reason...

Legend

Joined: Dec, 2001

Posts: 85256

Posted: Feb. 16, 2009 - 12:33 AM ET #6

Trading Places for comedic relief....

also at the end, just before the scene where Winthorp and Valentine bust the Dukes, there's a pretty good explaination of order flow at exchanges

boiler room

could have also been made about these so called "mortgage originator" companies during the housing boom also.

David Faber's "House of Cards" on CNBC was a good two hour show about the causes of the mortgage meltdown this weekend.

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