5 movies that may just be more useful than that finance class
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By Akanksha Jain The Wolf of Wall Street Black comedy at its best, this Martin Scorsese film recounted Jordan Belfort’s (Leonardo Di Caprio) career as a stockbroker in New York City and his firm Stratton Oakmont’s rampant corruption and fraud on Wall Street which ultimately led to his downfall. The film took viewers into the depths of financial scams — the highlight being Jordan making $22 million in three hours while securing the IPO of Steve Madden.
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Wall Street The iconic drama film starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen traced the the story of Bud Fox (Sheen), a young stockbroker who works for Gordon Gekko (Douglas), an unscrupulous corporate raider, who gets Bud to spy on other companies to make profits, until conscience comes calling.
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The Pursuit of Happyness This 2006 film is based on entrepreneur Chris Gardner’s struggle being homeless. Played by Will Smith, financial instability erodes Gardner’s marriage, until he meets a stockbroker and gets an unpaid internship. There he develops a number of ways to make phone sales calls more efficiently, including reaching out to potential high value customers, defying protocol. The firm offers him a full - time job, changing Gardner’s life — he goes on to form his own multimillion-dollar brokerage firm.
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Brewster’s Millions After losing his position as a minor-league pitcher, Montgomery Brewster (played by Richard Pryor), learns that his great-uncle has left him $300 million — but with a caveat. To inherit it, Brewster must spend $30 million in 30 days under a complicated set of rules that forbid him from donating too much to charity or retaining any new assets when the period is up.
Moneyball The film is an account of the Oakland Athletics baseball team’s 2002 season and their general manager Billy Beane’s (Brad Pitt) attempts to assemble a competitive team. Faced with the franchise’s limited budget for players, he builds a team of undervalued talent by taking a sophisticated sabermetric approach and wins 20 consecutive games, an American League record.
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