Jamie Ellis is the newest contributor to Whiskey & Gunpowder. Originally from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Jamie has recently relocated to Baltimore and joined the Agora Financial family. Jamie holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics with a minor in Journalism.
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The names and faces of some of the financial world’s biggest rogue traders have been all over the news lately. Jamie Ellis takes a look at three unique cases and ponders what drove these men to do the things they did. Money? Fame? The answers can be surprising.
There is no set of qualities that defines a rogue trader. There is no profile, no red flags to search for.