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American Sucker Author: In 2000, the bottom dropped out of David Denby's life when his wife announced she was leaving him. To make matters worse, it looked like he might lose their beloved apartment in the split. Determined to hold onto his home and seized by the "irrational exuberance" of the stock market, Denby joined the investment frenzy with a particular goal: to ... more »
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In early 2000 Denby, then and now a respected film critic for The New Yorker, wanted to raise the money to buy out his departing wife’s share of their roomy Manhattan apartment. With her permission, he began to invest in tech stocks. In the next couple of years, he lost about a million dollars as the dot-com industry collapsed. A sad story, objectively told. He's almost too honest and forthright.
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- Biographies & Memoirs >> Arts & Literature >> Entertainers
- Biographies & Memoirs >> General
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Professionals & Academics >> Business
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Memoirs