Ivan Boesky, the one-time Wall Street tycoon, convicted fraudster and inspiration for the Gordon Gekko character in "Wall ... composite inspired by different real-life financiers of the era ...

Greed is like cancer that, when left untreated, can destroy individuals, families, businesses, governments and economies. Greed makes financially ignorant people putty in the hands of the consumer ...

Admiring the power of unsparing corporate raider Gordon Gekko, Fox entices Gekko into mentoring him by providing insider trading. As Fox becomes embroiled in greed and underhanded schemes ...

The Wall Street mogul inspired the character of Gordon Gekko and came to epitomize the ... which had been rented for the occasion by a real estate developer — fed stereotypes of Jewish avarice ...