Five Questions for Charlie Gasparino
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Charlie Gasparino, Fox Business Network’s pugilistic Wall Street reporter—known for his passion for cigar-smoking, Italian meatballs (“here’s the thing: Don’t overseason”), and Twitter wars—just published a new book called Circle of Friends: The Massive Federal Crackdown on Insider Trading—and Why the Markets Always Work Against the Little Guy. In it, he excavates the government’s multiyear quest to eradicate illegal trading at hedge funds in general and at one very large hedge fund based in Stamford, Conn., in particular.
You were one of the first reporters to write about SAC Capital founder Steven Cohen, back in the 1990s. How did he end up on your radar?