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I'm an Author and Former Head ETF Trader at Lehman, Ask Me Anything

Jared Dillian's picture
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 on 4/22/13 at 6:30am
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Mod note: Feel free and ask Jared anything and he will be on today answering your questions.

Bio: Jared Dillian graduated from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1996 with a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science, and from the University of San Francisco in 2001 with a Masters in Business Administration, concentration in Finance. Jared worked for a small floor market maker on the Pacific Options Exchange from 1999-2000, and was a trader for Lehman Brothers from 2001 to 2008.

He specialized in index arbitrage and ETF trading. Jared is the author of Street Freak: Money and Madness at Lehman Brothers, published by Simon and Schuster, which was named the number one general business book of 2011 by Bloomberg Businessweek. You can follow Jared on twitter at @dailydirtnap

Jared is also going to be the keynote speaker at the 2013 WSO Conference (discounted tickets almost sold out here -- Josh Rosenbaum, MD of UBS and author of Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers and Acquisitions will also be speaking again).

WSO Conference 2013 - Keynote Speaker Announced!

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 on 2/7/13 at 6:00pm
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This year we are VERY excited to have Jared Dillian, author of Street Freak, former head ETF trader at Lehman Brothers and author of the investor newsletter, The Daily Dirtnap, as WSO Conference keynote speaker.

After reading Street Freak, I immediately knew that Jared was a perfect voice that WSO needed to hear. Besides being one of the best books I have read in years, Street Freak offers an incredible look into the world of Wall Street in 2008 and years prior, as well as an honest look at his own mental health issues.

Beyond that, Jared also has some amazing stories and is sure to give some great macro perspective on what to expect in the coming years on Wall Street and the overall economy. His investor newsletter is filled with sharp trading ideas and insightful commentary.

Earlybird tickets (60% off) are soon to sell out, so make sure you get in today:


Grab One of the Last Earlybird Tickets Today (60% Off!)


THE GOVERNMENT

Jared Dillian's picture
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 on 1/15/13 at 12:30pm
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This is a syndication from Jared's Daily Dirtnap daily market newsletter. WSO readers qualify for a $100 discount...just email [email protected] and mention "WSO Monkey Discount" You can follow Jared on twitter at @dailydirtnap

People go back and forth on this: government is too big, government is too small. Well, if there is one thing that most people on Wall Street have in common, it is that almost none of them have worked in government. I have. I have an opinion on the size of government, for sure, but at least mine is an educated one.

So let me tell you a couple of government stories, leaving aside all the ones from the Coast Guard Academy (or maybe we will get to those later). So I graduate from the Academy, and I go to a ship. A white one. White ones do law enforcement. I was stationed in the Pacific Northwest. There are a lot of fish in the Pacific Northwest. At least, there used to be a lot of fish. Maybe we will get to that, too.

So I report aboard the cutter, and the first thing they do is make me Weapons Officer. I have a gunner’s mate working for me. Before long, he is scooped up by CGIS (yes, like NCIS) for being a bigamist. Well, it is not as bad as it sounds. He got drunk and got married, a second time, in a blackout.

Interview & New Partnership with Jared Dillian, Author of Street Freak

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 on 1/14/13 at 1:00pm
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WSO is happy to announce a new partnership with Jared Dillian, former head ETF trader at Lehman, author of Street Freak and The Daily Dirtnap. WSO readers qualify for a $100 discount from Jared's daily market newsletter...just email [email protected] and mention "WSO Monkey Discount." You can follow Jared on twitter at @dailydirtnap

Every month (starting tomorrow), we will get one sneak peak into his popular market newsletter and hear from Jared on another topic of our choosing. We hope you enjoy his writing as much as we do here at WSO.

More info on the Daily Dirtnap below, but as an intro to Jared, we thought it would be best to replay the interview Eddie had with Jared a few months ago right here on WSO:

Jared worked for Lehman Brothers from 2001 until their collapse in 2008, and he has a story like no other. He doesn't use the word "madness" in the title casually; he actually suffers bipolar disorder and developed OCD while working as head of ETF trading for Lehman. Seriously, stop what you're doing and go read this book. Here's why:

Street Freak was named Businessweek's #1 General Business book of 2011 Street Freak: A Memoir of Money and Madness.

The Daily Dirtnap is a market newsletter for professional investors.

From his website:

Q: what will i receive with this subscription?
A: you'll get eleven months of market commentary, at least one piece for every business day, or about 225 days. but you will probably get much more than that. when you subscribe, you will join a fraternity of people who love markets, love to think about them, to talk about them, and to have fun.

Q: what are your strengths?
A: ETFs, indices, programs, liquidity, rates, currencies, and macro. and i am the czar of market psychology.

For more info about the dailydirtnap, visit dailydirtnap.com