MARKETS “Blue horseshoe loves Anacott Steel.” Budding masters of the universe who were barely out of diapers when Charlie Sheen starred in the 1987 film Wall Street still parrot his famous line, a coded tip about an impending takeover.
The film’s appeal in today’s sterile, buttoned-down financial industry is clear: it is a time capsule, only slightly embellished, of a Wall Street that bore some resemblance to the Wild West.
