Hollywood Movies to Watch for Lessons in Investing/Trading

Hi

Just wanted to start a list of Hollywood movies to watch that may have some lessons for investing/trading.

Please feel free to add to the list.

(Not in order of importance)

1. Wall Street
2. Rounders
3. Trading Places

(11-10-2013, 09:58 AM)opmi Wrote: 2. Rounders

Rounders is my favourite poker movie, which lead to the boom of Texas Hold'em. I don't consider it as a investing/trading movie though.

Inside Job - Takes a closer look at what brought about the financial meltdown.
Rouge Trader - The story of Nick Leeson, an ambitious investment broker who singlehandedly bankrupted one of the oldest and most important banks in Britain.
The Pursuit of Happyness - A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.
Margin Call - Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the financial crisis.

Boiler Room is awesome!

Hi City,
Past 9 month was cool and these were the one that I watched related to investing/trading:

"Arbitrage" by Richard Gere.
- why a rich person (Richard Gere) has to cover up for a crime that they did deliberately or sometime accidentally? (why not just admit it?)
- why a poor man is willing to scarify his life to help the rich to cover up?
- what can cause a decent person (his wife) to blackmail him?

a thought provoking movies make in 2011.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the room"
See how the top executives (Chair, CEO, CFO) got blinded by their own creativity.
See how bankers chip in to create the bubbles simply to generate more profits for themselves.
See how derivatives and CDO was created at 2003, first hand.

And, you'll be awe to find that those who created the bubbles claimed that they were the victims too.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Wallstreet (1987)
Wallstreet: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

Actually, there are two movies.
You read the title and you know the stories.

++++++++++++++++++
Quiz Show

This is actually the grand daddy or the beginning of financial/commercial scam.

The last part of the movie was mind-boggling.
Instead of doing the right things, it vindicate the bad guys and officially open the flood gate to cheating.

[Image: large_qtRIEAGRvILm0bJYqGocNjLMMrf.jpg]

Hope that you'll enjoy watching just like I do.

Rounders got lessons for money management and psychology.
e.g. Matt Damon going back to Square 1 after losing the stake/capital to continue playing.
If no capital, you are out of the game from poker/investment/trading.

BTW dont watch Runner Runner. Not nice.

(11-10-2013, 10:28 AM)mkmk Wrote:

(11-10-2013, 09:58 AM)opmi Wrote: 2. Rounders

Rounders is my favourite poker movie, which lead to the boom of Texas Hold'em. I don't consider it as a investing/trading movie though.

Inside Job - Takes a closer look at what brought about the financial meltdown.
Rouge Trader - The story of Nick Leeson, an ambitious investment broker who singlehandedly bankrupted one of the oldest and most important banks in Britain.
The Pursuit of Happyness - A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.
Margin Call - Follows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the financial crisis.

---

Actually the movie Blow also have some lessons for investing. Even business mgt.

E.g. Counterparty risk - When Depp puts all in his drug profits into the Panama banks, then the banks are
nationalised by Noreiga. Return OF money is more important than Return ON money.

1. Moneyball.
2. Trouble with the curve.

highly recommended.
makes me cry...

(11-10-2013, 10:28 AM)mkmk Wrote: The Pursuit of Happyness - A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.

and Margin call has a strong setting that make the crash looks real!

(11-10-2013, 10:41 AM)opmi Wrote: Rounders got lessons for money management and psychology.
e.g. Matt Damon going back to Square 1 after losing the stake/capital to continue playing.
If no capital, you are out of the game from poker/investment/trading.

BTW dont watch Runner Runner. Not nice.

True about Rounders. Thanks for the tip on Runner Runner...guess I'll wait for Rounders 2 to satisfy my poker-movie cravings (if ever happens).

Apologies for going off-topic though.

(11-10-2013, 10:51 AM)karlmarx Wrote: 1. Moneyball.
2. Trouble with the curve.

Moneyball? Applying stats (fundamentals analysis) to discover undervalued players (stocks) ?
Or focus on the player stats (stock fundamentals) not on the popularity (mkt perception)

(11-10-2013, 10:53 AM)opmi Wrote:

(11-10-2013, 10:51 AM)karlmarx Wrote: 1. Moneyball.
2. Trouble with the curve.

Moneyball? Applying stats (fundamentals analysis) to discover undervalued players (stocks) ?
Or focus on the player stats (stock fundamentals) not on the popularity (mkt perception)

They're both right. The player price-to-stats principle is a central theme of the movie.

The anti-thesis to 'moneyball' is 'trouble with the curve,' also based on baseball. The principles from both movies are key to good investing. I won't spoil it for interested viewers.