6 quotes by Ivan Boesky (1937-), (Former Stock Trader)

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Ivan Boesky

Greed is all right ... Greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.

Ironically, Boesky was convicted the following year of insider dealing on the New York Stock Exchange and sentenced to three years in prison.

Ivan Boesky

What good is the Moon? You can't buy it or sell it.

Ivan Boesky

I think "immoral" is probably the wrong word to use...I prefer the word "unethical."

Ivan Boesky

My advice to this investor is the same that I give to the young investors in my classes Devote the same earnest attention to investing that $50,000 as you devoted to earning it.

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Born: March 6, 1937
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Profession: Former Stock Trader

Biography

Ivan Frederick Boesky is a former American stock trader who became infamous for his prominent role in an insider trading scandal that occurred in the United States during the mid-1980s. He was charged and pled guilty to insider trading, was fined a record $100 million and became an informant.

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(Ivan Frederick Boesky)