Wall Street cons have provided much material for comedians and filmmakers. Some favorites are linked below. If any of the laughs are on you, our blogs and eBooks can help you stop it.
- John Oliver on retirement investments
- John Oliver on predatory lending
- John Oliver on income inequality
- John Oliver on credit reports
- John Oliver on debt buyers / aggressive collecting
- John Oliver on student debt
- Report on Jon Stewart’s slam of Jim Cramer and media’s allegiance to Wall Street
- Jon Stewart comparing student loan fraud to Wall Street fraud
Movie links lead to IMDB. Most of these films are available at Amazon, Netflix, etc. You know more than we how best you will enjoy them.
- The Big Short – Key point: Wall Street bankers avidly sold mortgages to one clientele while betting on mortgage failures with other clientele
- The Wolf of Wall Street – Key point: The most successful Wall Street salespeople with the best titles simply scammed their clients the most.
- Margin Call – Key point: At height of crisis, Wall Street firms dumped securities they knew to be worthless upon unsuspecting clients.
- Boiler Room – Key point: Amateurs with scripts can sound like gurus, allowing them to steal client money via commissions and fraud.
- Inside Job – Key point: The financial crisis of 2008 was caused by corrupt businessmen and politicians who now profit from the “solutions”.
- Rogue Trader – Key point: Wall Street firms put too much trust (and other people’s money) in the hands of imprudent gamblers.
- Barbarians at the Gate – Key point: Wall Street insiders use their connections to steal from individual investors and shareholders.