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On Money and Markets

A Wall Street Memoir

Henry Kaufman
McGraw-Hill, 2000

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Background
  • Eloquent
  • Engaging

Recommendation

Over the last decade we have seen many self-serving autobiographies and memoirs, but Henry Kaufman’s is certainly is not one of them. Kaufman is an investment banker, but he is also a scholar and a gentleman. These memoirs capture the mettle of the man from his start in the banking business, through his years at Salomon Brothers and eventually to his own consulting business. The period covered, from pre-world War II to the end of the 20th century, is the most dynamic time in the history of the financial markets. It is Kaufman’s insights into these revolutionary years on Wall Street that make this a gripping tale. getAbstract.com recommends this book to all executives and investors, many of whom would benefit greatly from a refresher course in Wall Street history.

Take-Aways

  • Like his childhood idol, Franklin Roosevelt, Henry Kaufman was stricken with the disease, polio.
  • Kaufman’s first job after college was in industrial banking.
  • Kaufman learned early that to evaluate loan risk you must assess the quality of the borrower’s management.

About the Author

Henry Kaufman, Ph.D. is president of Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc., a New York-based investment management and economic and financial consulting firm. For 26 years he was with Salomon Brothers Inc., where he rose to senior partner, member of the executive committee, vice chairman and head of the firm’s four research departments. Since the 1960s, Dr. Kaufman has spoken regularly to leading business and policy groups throughout the world and has published hundreds of articles in major business periodicals. He also holds numerous directorships, and is a major benefactor of education and cultural life in New York and Israel.

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