Join us for a discussion on February 5th, 2019, with Jerrold Fine, Founder of Charter Oak Partners Management, with an interview moderated by Carol Fitzgerald, president of TheBookReportNetwork.com.  Jerry began his career as one of the pioneers of hedge funds on Wall Street in the late ‘60s and decades following. His debut novel, Make Me Even and I’ll Never Gamble Again, is a coming-of-age tale in the 1970s and describes life at Wharton and on Wall Street during those turbulent years.

Drawing from his own experiences in the unsettled ‘70s and ‘80s, Jerry blends the heartfelt story of a young man fiercely intent on achieving independence with a fascinating insider’s look at the perks and pitfalls of a high-stakes life in the world of financial markets.

Rogers Stout has the gambler’s gifts—a titanic brain, an uncanny ability to read people, and a risk-taker’s daring. As an apathetic high school student who loves baseball but lacks a 90-mph fastball, he knows that the game does not begin until the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand. But his life needs direction.

Everything changes the summer he is invited into the boisterous environment of an investment bank’s trading room, and to a gambling hall dive where he immediately wins big at poker, capturing the attention of his co-workers with his card-playing skills. Intrigued by trading markets, Rogers’s intellectual curiosity takes him to Wharton and then Wall Street, where he faces challenges as an outsider who thinks and acts differently from the white-shoe establishment. With his intuition and prowess, he’s ready to rewrite the rules and tackle markets with a flair that leaves his employers flabbergasted. Rogers leans heavily on his gut instincts and the unusual cadre of friendships he cultivates and learns the hard way to be alert to the perils that await him. As Rogers plays his career hand, life plays another. Should he follow the temptress Elsbeth and her ravishing beauty, or Charlotte, his high-spirited first love?

An intriguing look at human aspiration and the interplay of honor, greed, fear, and individuality, Make Me Even and I’ll Never Gamble Again reveals a time when a new generation upended the status quo on Wall Street and forever changed investing.

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Praise for Make Me Even and I’ll Never Gamble Again.
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