Lost on Bay Street
I Came, I Saw, I Almost Conquered
Alex Doulis
9780978222130
224 pages
Ecw Press
Overview
Alex Doulis, a Greek-Canadian geologist and financial legend, came to Bay Street from Vancouver in the 1970s. Though he never went astray once in the deserts and swamplands of British Columbia and the north, he soon lost his bearings in the heart of Canada’s financial district. In Lost on Bay Street he shows how he vainly tried fitting into the world of the old-line investment firms with their hushed tones, three-piece suits, and entitlements. Eventually he worked instead with ethnic rakes who reluctantly took time away from drinking martinis and driving Ferraris to change the face of investing. Their goal was to facilitate the client rather than line the pockets of the Establishment. If that meant getting rid of rigged commission schedules and closed underwriting syndicates, so be it. The cries of pain up and down the Bay Street Canyon can still be heard today.
Author Bio
Alex Doulis is a former employee of the venerable A.E. Ames firm and former partner at the swashbuckling Gordon Securities. He is the author of the Canadian megaseller Take Your Money and Run! as well as of The Bond’s Revenge, Tackling the Taxman, and other books. He currently lives in Toronto.
