Trish Regan on Fox Business TV’s “Intelligence Report”
“Make Me Even” author Jerry Fine discusses whether the Federal Reserve should continue to raise interest rates and why investors need to be cautious. Watch now…
Hedge Fund Pioneer Jerry Fine Debuts First Novel
Drawing from his own experiences in the turbulent ‘70s and ‘80s, Fine (pictured) blends a heartfelt story of a young man, Rogers Stout, fiercely intent on achieving independence, with a fascinating insider’s look at the perks and pitfalls of a high-stakes life in the world of financial markets in his debut novel. Read more…
Wharton Magazine Leadership Profile: Trust, Honor, Integrity – A Hedge Fund Pioneer on What Matters Most
When people reach their 70s, with most of their struggles and ambitions behind them, they can look back on their lives with a perspective that eluded them in their youth. They can reflect on successes, failures, values and beliefs without the burden of having to prove anything to anyone; their life’s record speaks for itself. Read more…
Knowledge@Wharton
Of Money and Men: A Tale of Poker, Wall Street – and an Open Wound. Listen now…
Wharton Magazine Review: Life Lessons – Reflections of a Hedge Fund Pioneer
Jerrold N. Fine W64, 76, is a hedge fund pioneer. Three years after graduating from Wharton, he teamed up with Michael Steinhardt W60 and Howard Berkowitz W62 to co-found Steinhardt, Fine, Berkowitz & Co., one of Wall Street’s most successful hedge funds. Read more…
Bullseye Brief Podcast with Adam Johnson
An in-depth interview with hedge fund pioneer Jerry Fine. Jerry talks about what he’s learned in 40 years of trading, how investing has changed, and about his new book “Make Me Even and I’ll Never Gamble Again.” Listen now…
Kirkus Reviews
This debut novel follows a young man who, hoping to achieve financial independence, finds himself drawn to the stock market. By the early 1970s, Rogers Stout is only 16 years old, but his father, Dr. Charles Stout, wants his son to live up to his potential. The Ohio teen is bright but putting minimal effort into high school studies. This changes the summer before his senior year with an internship at Prescott & Prescott, a stock brokerage and investment banking firm. Read more…
Langtons International: Books On Our Radar
Rogers Stout has the gambler’s gifts—a titanic brain, an uncanny ability to read people, and a risk-taker’s daring. Intrigued by trading markets, Rogers’ intellectual curiosity takes him to Wall Street. An intriguing look at human aspiration and the interplay of honor, greed, fear, and individuality, Make Me Even and I’ll Never Gamble Again reveals a time when a new generation upended the status quo on Wall Street and forever changed investing.
Hedge fund pioneer Jerrold Fine has been a founding managing partner of a successful hedge fund since he was 24 years old. A graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he has served multiple terms on its Undergraduate Executive Board and Board of Overseers.
“You’ll root for the charming Rogers as he heads east, working his way through the elite Wharton School and rising through the ranks on Wall Street. By turns hilarious, insightful, and touching.” -Peter Lattman, Vice Chairman, The Atlantic
Lodging Magazine
Conrad New York and Bedside Reading will launch their new partnership to provide guests with access to critically acclaimed literature in every room. Bedside Reading, the only program to place complimentary best-sellers at the bedside of luxury hotels across the United States, is introducing the Beside Reading program to Conrad New York as the first business-focused hotel to provide both business and leisure travelers with a way to unplug and enrich their minds while traveling. The launch will feature two books. The first, Make Me Even and I’ll Never Gamble Again: A Novel by Jerrold Fine. Drawing from the hedge fund pioneer’s own experiences in the turbulent ‘70s and ‘80s and is a heartfelt story of a young man fiercely intent on achieving independence with a fascinating insider’s look at the perks and pitfalls of a high-stakes life in the world of financial markets. Read more…
Wharton Alumni Weekend: From Business Executives to Book Authors
Two esteemed alumni sat down with Wharton Magazine during Reunion Weekend to talk about the intricacies of the publishing industry and their experiences as writers. Read more…
Sky Magazine (Delta)
Hot List, August 2018: Hotel Perks / Bedside Reading. Unplugging is easy with this program that lets guests at the Mandarin Oriental New York and other luxury hotels enjoy (and take home) the latest bestsellers for free. Read more…
Westport News
Woog’s World / Westport’s own “Billion’s” story: Westport is home to two of the biggest hedge funds in the world. There’s Bridgewater Associates, the $160 billion firm with offices on Weston Road and the Sherwood Island Connector, and a workplace environment that is, well, unique. There’s Axe Capital, which exists only on the Showtime network, but is also — supposedly — based here. It’s a riveting drama about life in that ferocious industry. Folks who know such things say the similarities between Bridgewater and Axe are no coincidence. Read more…
Darien News
Hedge fund pioneer releases debut novel: “I’ve been thinking about writing this book for quite a while,” Fine said. “I’ve always viewed myself as a storyteller.” Fine, 76, is the founder of Charter Oak Partners Management in Westport. He moved to Darien four years ago to stay close to his family. “We have four married children and 13 grandchildren all living within 15 minutes of us,” he said. “It’s 23 of us.” Around the same time he moved to town, Fine got started on his debut novel, “Make Me Even and I’ll Never Gamble Again,” a coming-of-age tale about a young man named Roger Stout. Read more…
1-800-CEO-READS
Business Books to Watch in August: Rogers Stout has the gambler’s gifts—a titanic brain, an uncanny ability to read people, and a risk-taker’s daring. As an apathetic high school student who loves baseball but lacks a 90-mph fastball, he knows that the game does not begin until the ball leaves the pitcher’s hand. But his life needs direction. Read more…
Bookreporter
An intriguing look at human aspiration and the interplay of honor, greed, fear and individuality, MAKE ME EVEN AND I’LL NEVER GAMBLE AGAIN reveals a time when a new generation upended the status quo on Wall Street and forever changed investing. Read more…
Bookreporter Review
A wise person once said, “Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says he is, is either a liar or doesn’t play poker.” The hero of MAKE ME EVEN AND I’LL NEVER GAMBLE AGAIN, hedge fund pioneer Jerrold Fine’s debut novel, is about to discover this saying to be brutally spot-on. Read more…
Bookreporter Interview
Hedge fund pioneer Jerrold Fine blends a heartfelt story of a young man fiercely intent on achieving independence with a fascinating insider’s look at the perks and pitfalls of a high-stakes life in the world of financial markets in his debut novel, MAKE ME EVEN AND I’LL NEVER GAMBLE AGAIN. In this interview conducted by Carol Fitzgerald, the president and co-founder of The Book Report Network, Fine explains his inspiration for writing his first work of fiction, why he chose to set the book in the 1970s and early ’80s, and the differences between the financial world and book publishing. Read more…