Friday, May 11, 2007

Gordon Gekko Is Back

Twenty years after he first appeared, Gordon Gekko is making a comeback. On top of recently being named the 15th wealthiest fictional character by Forbes magazine it was revealed that the slick star of the 1987 movie Wall Street -- in whose role Michael Douglas won an Oscar for Best Actor -- will be featured in second movie called "Money Never Sleeps."

Gekko is perhaps best knowns for his "Greed is Good" speech, which thanks to YouTube is available below. The speech by the way is loosely based on a speech famed arbitrageur Ivan Boesky made at the UC Berkeley graduation ceremonies in 1987. To read more about Boesky and Michael Milken (both of whom served about two years of jail time) pick up Den of Thieves by James Stewart. Here's the video:

Posted by The La Jolla Guy at 2:08 PM

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Anonymous said...

Ever wonder why fund managers can't beat the S&P 500? 'Cause they're sheep, and sheep get slaughtered.

May 11, 2007 at 2:45 PM

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