In 2001,Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) is released from prison after serving eight years for insider trading and

securities fraud !even years later, Gekko is promoting his ne" #ook Is Greed Good?, "hile his estranged daughter, $innie, runs a small ne"s "e#site and is dating %aco# Moore (!hia &a'eouf), a top proprietary trader at (eller )a#el Investments %aco# is a proteg* of managing director &ouis )a#el, and is trying to raise money for a fusion research pro+ect ,fter (eller )a#el-s stock loses more than .0/ of its value, )a#el tries to arrange a #ailout for ()I from other $all !treet #anks #ut is #locked #y 'retton %ames (%osh 'rolin), head of rival firm 0hurchill !ch"art1, "hich )a#el had refused to #ail out eight years earlier 2he ne3t morning )a#el kills himself #y +umping in front of a su#"ay train Distraught, Moore proposes marriage to $innie, "ho accepts &ater, he approaches Gekko after a lecture Gekko tells %aco# that his daughter refuses to speak to him and that (eller )a#el-s collapse started "hen rumours of the company having to3ic de#t started to spread %aco# and Gekko arrange a trade4 %aco# "ill reconcile $innie and Gekko, "hile Gekko "ill gather information to destroy 'retton ,ided #y Gekko, Moore learns that 'retton %ames profited from the (eller )a#el collapse In revenge he spreads rumors a#out the nationali1ation of an ,frican oil field o"ned #y 0hurchill !ch"art1 2he company loses 5120 million and 'retton offers Moore a +o#, "hich he accepts determined to avenge )a#el ,t his ne" +o#, Moore convinces 0hinese investors to fund the fusion research he has #een supporting 'retton is impressed #y %aco#-s initiative and is also glad for the ne" investment ,s the economy starts to crum#le, $innie announces to Moore she is pregnant and 'retton reveals to Moore that the 0hinese investment is going into #unk solar panels and fossil fuels instead of fusion research, "hich upsets Moore Gekko proposes a solution using a 5100 million trust fund account in !"it1erland, "hich Gekko set up for $innie in the 1670s, to fund the research and save the company !he signs the money over to Moore "ho then entrusts it to Gekko to legitimi1e the funds for investment in the fusion research company 8o"ever, the money never arrives and Gekko leaves the country "ith the money %aco# reali1es that Gekko has #een using him to get the money in the account for his o"n gain Distraught, %aco# confesses to $innie that he had #een secretly meeting "ith Gekko $innie then asks %aco# to leave as she no longer trusts him nor feels safe around him Moore tracks Gekko to &ondon "here he is running a start9up financial company "ith the 5100 million %aco# proposes one last trade4 $innie gets her money #ack, and Gekko gets a grandson #ut Gekko refuses Moore pieces together everything from (eller )a#el-s collapse to the economic #ailout of 'retton-s company and gives the information to $innie telling her that revealing it "ill #ring her "e#site pu#licity and credi#ility $innie runs the story and 'retton %ames is e3posed 2he #oard of directors fire 'retton and hire Gekko on the #ack of his 51 1 #illion return ,s %aco# finds $innie in :e" ;ork, Gekko appears and tells them that he deposited 5100 million into the fusion research-s account anonymously 8e apologi1es to %aco# and $innie, "ho then reconcile <ne year later, Gekko is seen at his grandson-s first #irthday