these incredible films bridge a gap between entertainment and education, providing insight about the global markets and what often goes by in the background and yet help keeping the boredom away.
1.THE WOLF OF WALL STREET - dir: Michael Scorsese. Dec 25, 2013 (crime/comedy)
this movie follows and reflects on the life of Jordan Belfort and his rise to wealth as a stockbroker selling penny stocks and blue chip stocks living his best life to his epic downfall caused by financial fraud, drugs. This film can teach traders how to sell any product and the importance of confidence in the trading/investing world.
2.THE BIG SHORT - dir: Adam Mckay. Dec 11, 2015 (comedy/drama)
this film is based on the true-life events of the 2008 financial crash which began with cheap and lax lending standards that fueled a housing bubble. The film follows 3 stories of Michael Burry(hedge fund manager), Jared Venett(trader) and Geller and Shipley(investors) who made a fortune from the housing market decline. This movie teaches traders/investors that unpredictable events take place in the financial markets and the psychological pressures that investors experience and understanding the complexity of various financial instruments and importance of risk management.
3.WALL STREET - dir: Oliver Stone. Dec 11, 1987 crime/drama
this crime film follows a junior stockbroker Bud Fox who enters a different league in the trading game getting involved in stock manipulation and insider trading while trying not to get caught doing all this to impress his supervisor Gordon Gekko. this movie teaches traders that greed is not always bad as MR.Gekko says himself
4.INSIDE JOB - dir: Charles Ferguson. Oct 8, 2010 documentary/drama
this is a similiar film as "the big short" but this one is distinctive as its a 5 part series bases on the 2008 financial crisis shows traders also on corruption and more in-depth look on how everything started, the bubble, the actual crisis and all that resulted after.
5.BOILER ROOM - dir: Ben Younger. Feb 18, 2000 thriller/drama
this film follows a student who drops out of college and also runs an illegal casino, with pressure to make tons of wealth a appease his father, he gets to work for a CEO of an investment company which is known for its shady dealings of pump and dump of unprofitable stocks with encounters from the feds using him to get to the big fish of the operation. This movie teaches traders about the importance of confidence and to increase it is to want, do and be more.
6.TOO BIG TO FAIL - dir: Curtis Hanson. May 23, 2011 drama
this is another film about the 2008 financial crisis based on a book of the same title by Andrew Ross. As the title says the movie focuses on the 'too big to fail" corporations and how their shortcomings can criple the global financial system. It gives an inside look on how Washington and Wall street try to tackle this and save the financial system. This film teaches traders the significance of stability and balance.
7.ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM - dir: Alex Gibney. April 22, 2005
his is one of the best scam/fraud movies of all time following the fall of Enron corporation showing the cracks on the wall of most modern big corporation scams. the movie shows how top executives of the firm's collapse through illegal activities like increasing stock prices and selling the at very high prices causing a crash in the market. This film however teaches traders/investors that greed has no honor and that a plan is needed for any kind of longevity and success to happen.
8.FLOORED - dir: James Allen Smith. Sep 1, 2009 documentary/indie film
this is documentary film that shines light on Chicago based traders trading on the Chicago Board Of Operations exchange floor. This documentary focuses on the trill and excitement and high energy paced work force of a trading floor. it gives retail traders an inside look on the kind of emotions traders on a floor go trough and how the rise of computer based trading has affected the livelihood of traders working in trading floors.
please do comment on your favorite trading/investing movies
put together by : Pako Phutietsile (@currencynerd)
1.THE WOLF OF WALL STREET - dir: Michael Scorsese. Dec 25, 2013 (crime/comedy)
this movie follows and reflects on the life of Jordan Belfort and his rise to wealth as a stockbroker selling penny stocks and blue chip stocks living his best life to his epic downfall caused by financial fraud, drugs. This film can teach traders how to sell any product and the importance of confidence in the trading/investing world.
2.THE BIG SHORT - dir: Adam Mckay. Dec 11, 2015 (comedy/drama)
this film is based on the true-life events of the 2008 financial crash which began with cheap and lax lending standards that fueled a housing bubble. The film follows 3 stories of Michael Burry(hedge fund manager), Jared Venett(trader) and Geller and Shipley(investors) who made a fortune from the housing market decline. This movie teaches traders/investors that unpredictable events take place in the financial markets and the psychological pressures that investors experience and understanding the complexity of various financial instruments and importance of risk management.
3.WALL STREET - dir: Oliver Stone. Dec 11, 1987 crime/drama
this crime film follows a junior stockbroker Bud Fox who enters a different league in the trading game getting involved in stock manipulation and insider trading while trying not to get caught doing all this to impress his supervisor Gordon Gekko. this movie teaches traders that greed is not always bad as MR.Gekko says himself
4.INSIDE JOB - dir: Charles Ferguson. Oct 8, 2010 documentary/drama
this is a similiar film as "the big short" but this one is distinctive as its a 5 part series bases on the 2008 financial crisis shows traders also on corruption and more in-depth look on how everything started, the bubble, the actual crisis and all that resulted after.
5.BOILER ROOM - dir: Ben Younger. Feb 18, 2000 thriller/drama
this film follows a student who drops out of college and also runs an illegal casino, with pressure to make tons of wealth a appease his father, he gets to work for a CEO of an investment company which is known for its shady dealings of pump and dump of unprofitable stocks with encounters from the feds using him to get to the big fish of the operation. This movie teaches traders about the importance of confidence and to increase it is to want, do and be more.
6.TOO BIG TO FAIL - dir: Curtis Hanson. May 23, 2011 drama
this is another film about the 2008 financial crisis based on a book of the same title by Andrew Ross. As the title says the movie focuses on the 'too big to fail" corporations and how their shortcomings can criple the global financial system. It gives an inside look on how Washington and Wall street try to tackle this and save the financial system. This film teaches traders the significance of stability and balance.
7.ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM - dir: Alex Gibney. April 22, 2005
his is one of the best scam/fraud movies of all time following the fall of Enron corporation showing the cracks on the wall of most modern big corporation scams. the movie shows how top executives of the firm's collapse through illegal activities like increasing stock prices and selling the at very high prices causing a crash in the market. This film however teaches traders/investors that greed has no honor and that a plan is needed for any kind of longevity and success to happen.
8.FLOORED - dir: James Allen Smith. Sep 1, 2009 documentary/indie film
this is documentary film that shines light on Chicago based traders trading on the Chicago Board Of Operations exchange floor. This documentary focuses on the trill and excitement and high energy paced work force of a trading floor. it gives retail traders an inside look on the kind of emotions traders on a floor go trough and how the rise of computer based trading has affected the livelihood of traders working in trading floors.
please do comment on your favorite trading/investing movies
put together by : Pako Phutietsile (@currencynerd)
Comment:
To the 3 guys that liked my stuff hope you enjoyed and learnt something from those flicks. I got a few honorable mentions you can check out when not on the charts : trading places(1983) money monster (2016) rogue trader(1999) Margin call(2011) equity(2010) arbitrage(2012) Silicon Valley(2019)