The Third Fall of Victor Niederhoffer
There are a few real characters in finance, and Victor Niederhoffer is one of the most compelling. An inveterate and compulsive speculator, he does fabulously well until he blows up – again and again and again. John Cassidy started profiling him this summer, before the latest bout of market volatility, and he now serves up a pretty definitive 11,000-word profile in this week's New Yorker.
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