Confessions of a Street Addict - by James J Cramer (Paperback)

About the Book

This national bestseller is the warts-and-all account of life on Wall Street in the go-go high-tech era by the man "USA Today" calls "the media's most electrifying market pundit."

Book Synopsis

Finance expert, bestselling author, and host of CNBC's Mad Money Jim Cramer takes readers on a wild Wall Street ride--revealing how to play the game, who breaks the rules, and who gets hurt.

Everyone on Wall Street knows Jim Cramer, and Cramer knows Wall Street better than anyone. Candid and outrageous, Confessions of a Street Addict takes readers on the wild ride that is Wall Street.

Cramer details his life, from the middle-class Philadelphia suburbs to Harvard, where he began managing money, and then to Goldman Sachs. He brilliantly describes the life of a money manager: the frenetic pace, the constant pressure to outperform the market and other fund managers, and the sharklike attacks fund managers make as they circle a fund perceived to be in trouble.

Throughout the book Cramer is characteristically outspoken, offering his hard-won insights about the market and everyone in it, himself included. There has never been a more eloquent market insider than Cramer, nor a more high-octane book about Wall Street.

Review Quotes

The Washington Post Book World There may be no better glimpse into the workings of Wall Street over the past fifteen years than this one, which can be read with pleasure even by those who don't know a bull from a bear....a riveting memoir.

USA Today Unflinching, rat-a-tat-tat style...[Cramer's] hair-raising descriptions of Wall Street in the waning days of the bull market are worth the price of admission....a cautionary tale for any small investor tempted by stock market hype and mania.

David Denby The New Yorker Bellicose, self-justifying, coarse, infantile, lovable, and even at times, saintly....He is the greatest public generator of excitement and knowledge about the market today.

About the Author

Jim Cramer is a bestselling author, financial expert, and media personality. He is the host of CNBC's Mad Money, CNBC's Investing Club, and co-host of Squawk on the Street. He is also the founder of TheStreet. His many books include Confessions of a Street Addict, Jim Cramer's Getting Back to Even, Jim Cramer's Mad Money, Jim Cramer's Real Money, Jim Cramer's Stay Mad for Life, and Jim Cramer's Get Rich Carefully. Cramer is a former hedge fund manager and founder/owner and senior partner of Cramer Berkowitz; when he retired from his hedge fund, he finished with one of the best records in the business. A graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law, Cramer worked at Goldman Sachs while writing for The New Republic. Now a household name after twenty seasons of Mad Money, he shows viewers how to navigate the market like a pro.