Hot Deals, Cold Calls

Book excerpt: Daniel Cohen is a young guy who gets sucked into the sleazy world of selling chop stocks. The penny stock firm of Cambridge Securities thrives on greed and hubris creating an intense environment that highlights the characters from Wall Streets underbelly. As soldiers like Dan toil on the phones reaching for the brass ring of early riches, the firm's principals make millions on hot Initial Public Offerings, and through trading in dubious offshore accounts. In the end, everyone loses as wealth is converted to jail terms. Does Dan lose his soul? Find out who that broker on the other end of the line just might be. You'll never open an account over the phone again. Greed, corruption, suicide, innocence lost, relationships strained, sex, drugs, unique characters, and just plain bad behavior... this book has them all.