wall street (new york, n.y.)

Discusses the history and present role of Wall Street, the site of the New York Stock Exchange as well as powerful brokerage houses and investment firms.

Presents an illustrated, decade-by-decade history of Wall Street, providing information about the people, crises, and daily events that characterized "The Street" throughout the twentieth century.

Billionaire Carl Trudeau, upset over a shocking verdict against his chemical company by a Mississippi jury and convinced that the Supreme Court will not be friendly to his appeal, decides to take the less expensive route of purchasing a seat on the Court by recruiting, financing, manipulating, marketing, and molding an unsuspecting young candidate.

Twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent, having met banker Tinker Grey while hanging out at a Greenwich Village jazz bar, finds her way into the upper echelons of New York society, and, as she makes new friends and waits for circumstances to bring Tinker back into her life, she begins to realize she regrets some of the choices she has made.

Presents a brief history of Wall Street and explains how stocks and bonds are traded in the U.S. securities market.