Salomon Brothers
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The bond house that invented mortgage trading and nearly died in the 1991 Treasury auction scandal, saved by Warren Buffett as interim chairman.
7 books · 5 people behind it
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- Liar's PokerMichael Lewis, 1989
- Nightmare on Wall Street: Salomon Brothers and the Corruption of the MarketplaceMartin Mayer, 1993
- Inside the Yield BookSidney Homer, Martin L. Leibowitz, 1972
The people behind it 5
Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.
Investors 2
Academics 1
Journalists 2
Books 7
Sidney Homer, Martin L. Leibowitz · 1972 · Written by Salomon's own research chiefs; the firm's lasting intellectual output.
T1 Liar's Poker
Michael Lewis · 1989 · Insider: Lewis wrote it after two years on the Salomon desk.
Roger Lowenstein · 1995 · Covers Buffett's interim chairmanship after the Treasury auction scandal.
Martin Mayer · 1993 · The Treasury-auction scandal and its aftermath.
Robert Sobel · 1986 · Commissioned institutional history, written before the fall.
Michael Lewis · 1991 · Lewis's follow-up essays, several returning to Salomon and its bond desk.
Charles R. Geisst · 2001 · History of the private Wall Street houses, Salomon included; Open Library unreachable.