Date the Boss's Daughter Mixing business and pleasure is always risky, but sometimes it pays off.

After Gordon Gekko makes a speech at Fordham, protagonist Jake Moore runs up to talk to him, along with the rest of the audience. But Jake manages to get his attention by shouting, "I'm going to marry your daughter!" Gekko turns and the two take a subway ride together, where a quid pro quo relationship is established and Gekko takes Jake under his wing. Lesson 1: Family connections are invaluable. BUT this also puts Jake in the somewhat precarious position of lying to his girlfriend and balancing both relationships. So, Lesson 2: Account for everyone's concerns if you happen to be dating your mentor's daughter. You'll need to make everyone happy. And in real life, if something goes wrong with either party, a video montage set to sappy music will not rectify the problem.

Walk the Tough-Guy/Respectful Line When Bretton James takes an interest in Jake after the latter costs the former millions, Jake doesn't kowtow immediately. He stays cool, calm and tough, and discusses James' biking hobby instead of business. At the end of the interrogation, he's offered a job interview. Lesson: Maintain the right amount of respect without being obsequious.

Do Your Homework There's a particularly funny scene where the Churchill Schwartz (read: Goldman Sachs) team is trying to do a deal and Jake seems to be the only person in the room who's aware of Chinese business customs. He offers his counterparts a bottle of Johnnie Walker and breaks out some fluent Mandarin. While the conceit demands a little suspended disbelief (he can't be the only one who's read "How to Do Business with Foreign People" guides), it's a good example of the need to do research on potential clients.

Your Boss Comes First Don't prize your business venture above your boss's. It's sweet that Jake is so committed to helping an alternative energy firm, but sometimes you have to subordinate your desires to your superiors'. When James breaks the news that the company is moving forward on oil and gas, Jake loses it. Which brings us to the next lesson....

Keep Your Cool Don't swear at and threaten your boss particularly in a rough economy, like say, September 2008. Jake blows up at James and blatantly threatens him, which results not only in the termination of the mentoring relationship, but also in Jake's immediate dismissal. It's all very nice to have high ideals, but it's hard to achieve them if you're out of a job. Jake could have taken a more sophisticated tack and bided his time. Caveat: If it eventually becomes clear that you have no way of attracting time or money to your pet projects, finding another firm isn't a terrible idea.

Swallow Your Pride...Sometimes When James and Jake go racing one day, they encounter a tiny spot that will allow only one bike to slip through. Jake guns it and squeezes through first, embarrassing James and forcing him to say something like "well you must have gotten the faster bike." Tone down the machismo from time to time -- no one likes to lose to their direct reports.

1. Money Never Sleeps Quote: Money never sleeps pal. I just made $800,000 in Hong Kong gold. Its been wired to youplay with it. You done good, but you gotta keep doing good. I showed you how the game works, now schools out. Lesson: This line was first uttered by Gekko in the original Wall Street when teaching his protege, Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), how to become rich. Its true, though. Money never sleeps. While you go to bed every night, your money is working either for you in an investment or against you on a loan earning interest or some kind of return. The quote is especially true if youre sophisticated enough to invest in foreign markets, because people are actually awake over there when youre usually sleeping. 2. Time Is Money Quote: If theres one thing I learned in prison, its that money is not the prime commodity in our livestime is. Lesson: Gekko advises what seems to be his new apprentice and potential son-in-law, Jacob Moore (LaBeouf). Youve heard the adage that time is money and in this case its no different. Gekko served 23 years in jail after the events of the first film because Fox snitched on him to the Securities and Exchange Commission. If money never sleeps, imagine how much money Gekko lost out on while behind bars for over two decades. Whether its you or your money, every idle second is money and opportunity lost. 3. Greed is Legal, Maybe Not So Good Quote: Someone reminded me I once said greed is good. Now, it seems its legal. Lesson: Yet another quote from Gekko. Everyone remembers the original greed speech. It defined an entire decade on Wall Street, and is still just as relevant today. Well, sorry to break it to you, Gordon, but greed has always been legal. Can you imagine the slippery slope lawmakers would have to deal with trying to outlaw greed? But while it is legal, the things that it drives people to do may not be. For example, running a ponzi scheme like Bernie Madoff did, or committing financial fraud like what the SEC accused Goldman Sachs of doing. 4. Manage Calculated Risks Quote: If it werent for people who took risks, where would we be in this world? Lesson: Similar to Bud Fox, Jacob Moore, the sequels protagonist, is a young and ambitious Wall Street neophyte. This quote offers a snapshot of the type of person he is. Moore understands that with risk comes reward. Of course, there also comes consequences. Investors need to understand this, too. In order to achieve an attractive return, you have to accept a certain level of risk. Theres a reason most people cant

retire on savings account interest alone. How much risk youre willing to tolerate, however, is entirely up to you. 5. Have A Plan Quote: When you dont know what youre doing, its fatal, Mr. Moore. Lesson: This quote is from the films main antagonist, Bretton James (James Brolin). James runs an investment firm similar to that of the real life Goldman Sachs. In this scene, its safe to assume hes threatening someones life. However, if you apply the basic idea to personal finance, its actually very sage advice. You should always know what youre doing with your money, and in turn, know what youre actually investing in. If you dont understand the investmentbe it a stock, bond, mutual fund, commodity, etc.you should study up on it and know exactly what your money is funding or not invest in it at all. The internet is loaded with free investment tools for this purpose. Being that the economy is still trying to recover from the recent recession and failure of our entire financial infrastructure, its safe to say the publics attention is still focused on Wall Street. Mix in some nasty banker villains, and Money Never Sleeps may actually make finance seem like a lot of fun. Just dont forget the important financial lessons you could pick up along the way. What do you think of Gordon Gekko? Are you going to see Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps?

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