The con men a history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn

Financial fraud, whether large or small is a persistent feature of the financial markets. If you scratch the surface of the investment world you'll find a continuous stream of major financial scandals which are almost unbelievable in the sheer scale of their subterfuge. The Con Men shines a spo...

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Main Author: Gough, Leo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Harlow, England Pearson 2013
Series:Financial Times series
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505 0 |a The horror stories -- Our touching need for confidence -- Shiny new inventions and old tricks -- Sharks or maniacs? -- Yielding to temptation : the Allen Stanford story -- Shamanagement : financial wizardry to create paper profits -- Some deadly sins of investment : trusting false prophets, investing for the apocalypse and the money illusion -- Moral hazard in the system -- Due negligence: failing to do the analysis -- Funds are not all the same! -- All the books are cooked : the trouble with company accounts -- Safer strategies 
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520 |a Financial fraud, whether large or small is a persistent feature of the financial markets. If you scratch the surface of the investment world you'll find a continuous stream of major financial scandals which are almost unbelievable in the sheer scale of their subterfuge. The Con Men shines a spotlight on some of these gargantuan frauds from the last 25 years. It questions how these men did it, why they did it, how there were able to get away with it, proposes strategies and tactics so that the reader can avoid being swindled