Leg the Spread: A Woman's Adventures Inside the Trillion-Dollar Boys' Club of Commodities Trading - Hardcover

Lynn, Cari

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0767908554 ISBN 13: 9780767908559

Publisher: Broadway Books, 2004

Synopsis

Based on the author's own firsthand experiences as a clerk on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, this entertaining look into the world of commodities trading celebrates the handful of hard-hitting, resourceful, and determined women who are making a success in the ultimate boy's club. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

“...exhilaratimg stuff, filled with anecdotes and facts that show the human cost of this unque workplace...” (BA Business Life, June 05) – the in–flight magazine for British Airways.

From the Back Cover:

"rip–roaring... larger–than–life characters, high–stakes risk–taking, and excess in all its forms."
—The Economist

In the Futures market, it′s all about minimizing risk and maximizing your wallet.  Buying something gives you one leg, but you′ve got to sell something to get the other leg.  If you can come full–circle, and you′ve got two legs to stand on, that′s your spread.  This takes expertise and guts, and it shouldn′t matter whether you′re male or female—but it does.   It′s a man′s world in trading and it takes a strong stomach, a thick skin and plenty of grit for a woman to get ahead.

". . . nowhere is quite like the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The Merc is capitalism’s rottweiller, .  . the motto is kill or be killed . . By Lynn’s telling each trading session resembles a boisterous night out – with routine punch–ups, awful language, gambling and illicit sex."
—The Daily Telegraph

"funny, fast–paced . . . .a thrill–ride . . exhilarating and addictive . . . .like reliving those experiences"
—Elle readers

"A sexy, adrenalized, very cool book that is a lesson as well as a pleasure"
—James McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street

"A swashbuckling adventure in the heart of Chicago that should not be missed... Cari Lynn takes you inside the crash–and–burn world of ‘the Merc’, a baptism by fire where the good old boys’ club is invaded by girls who – with humour, guts, and acumen – get even by getting rich."
—Gail Evans, author of Play Like a Man, Win Like a Woman and She Wins, You Win

"Cari Lynn’s vivid descriptions make you feel as if you’re right there with her in the frenzied mélange of the trading pits. If you’re a woman considering a career anywhere near stocks and trading, this is one book you have to read first."
—Lois P.Frankel, author of Nice Girls Don’t Get The Corner Office

About this edition

• Publisher: Broadway Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0767908554
• ISBN 13: 9780767908559
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310