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    The easiest way to explain the never-ending string of Wall Street scandals and implosions is to observe that a surprising percentage of people in the financial industry are psychos. The latest edition of CFA Magazine, a trade publication for chartered financial analysts, features an article claiming one out of 10 people working on Wall Street are psychopaths. Sherree DeCovny, the former investment broker who wrote the piece, says the estimate came from researchers, including a psychologist who treats Wall Street professionals. In the 2005 book, "The Sociopath Next Door," Harvard University psychologist Martha ... (full story)

bs.... all totally normal, welll adjusted, contributing members of society
And people are suprised by these statistics?
Pity the fool who thinks they'll make it overnight...
When you remove conscience from the picture,this is what you end up with. Insanity is probably more common then most would like to admit, people who will say and do anything to get what they want. Most of the time its about power, because with power comes everything else.

I can't help but think that this sounds a lot like President Obama bin laden as I like to call him, but then it sounds like a number of politicians today not just Wall Street.
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The point is that these people exist everywhere.They are in Government at every level,in police departments,you name the industry and they exist.
Many screen for drugs but not for serious mental diseases.
Just about everyone has probably experienced these types in every business.
Psychos on Wall Street yap agree
Good brokerages have'em in abundance.
You can't escape human nature!
The consistency you seek is in your mind, not the markets. Mark Douglas
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  • Posted: Mar 5, 2012 4:31pm
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