THE GREATEST TRADE EVER

The Behind-The-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History

By Gregory Zuckerman

Written by the prizewinning reporter who broke the story in The Wall Street Journal, The Greatest Trade Ever is a superbly written, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes narrative of how a contrarian foresaw an escalating financial crisis--that outwitted Chuck Prince, Stanley O’Neal, Richard Fuld, and Wall Street's titans--to make financial history.

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About the Author

GREGORY ZUCKERMAN is a senior writer at the Wall Street Journal, where he has been a reporter for twelve years. He pens the widely read "Heard on the Street" column and writes about hedge funds, investing, and other Wall Street topics. More about the author »

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"The story of John Paulson and the few colorful contrarians who made outsized bets and outrageous profits on the subprime implosion, is at once a great page-turner and a great illuminator of the market’s crash."
-- John Helyar, co-author, "Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco.
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