Ivan Boesky: The Wall Street Legend Who Crashed and Burned (with Rory Scovel)

About this episode

Ed Helms and Rory Scovel discuss the story of Ivan Boesky and the concept of arbitrage in the context of Wall Street.

Rory Scovel is a man of opulence. But he won't let greed go to his head like the subject of today's SNAFU. Ed and Rory discuss a modern Wall Street legend: the story of Ivan Boesky, a wall street trader who turned Arbitrage into front page headlines, until it all came crashing down. Subscribe to the SNAFU YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@SNAFUPod Buy the SNAFU book: www.snafu-book.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Ed Helms

Guest: Rory Scovel

Topics covered

• Wall Street
• arbitrage
• greed
• financial history
• comedy
• storytelling

Keywords

• Wall Street
• Ivan Boesky
• arbitrage
• Rory Scovel
• Ed Helms
• comedy
• finance

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Organizations: SNAFU, iHeartPodcasts

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