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198756 minPGdocumentary

Trader

198756 minPGdocumentary

Paul Tudor Jones II provides an insider's perspective on futures trading and forecasts the end of America's 200-year bull market before the 1987 crash.

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Paul Tudor Jones II provides an insider's perspective on futures trading and forecasts the end of America's 200-year bull market before the 1987 crash.

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Filmed before Wall Street's October 1987 crash, this film is a riveting one hour documentary of a fascinating man, Paul Tudor Jones II delivering a rarely seen view of futures trading and an explanation of the workings of this frantic, highly charged marketplace. It also examines Jones' prediction that America is nearing the end of a 200-year bull market.

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