How to Smell a Rat – The Five Signs of Financial Fraud

The Five Signs of Financial Fraud

Gebonden Engels 2009 9780470526538
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A timely guide to uncovering financial fraud

2008 and 2009 will be remembered for bear markets, a global credit crunch, and some of the largest investment scams ever. But these scams are nothing new, they′ve been repeated throughout history, and there will certainly be more to come. But the good news is fraudsters often follow the same basic playbook. Learn the playbook, and know how to ask the right questions, and financial fraud can be easy to detect and simple to avoid.

In How to Smell a Rat, trusted financial expert Ken Fisher provides you with an inside′s view on how to spot financial disasters before you become a part of them. Filled with in–depth insights and practical advice, this reliable resource takes an engaging look at recent and historic examples of fraudsters, how they operated, and how they can be easily avoided. Fisher also shows you the quick, identifiable features of financial frauds and arms you with the questions to ask when assessing a money manager.

Prepares you to identify and avoid financials cams that could instantly destroy your wealth
Contains examples that highlight how financial frauds are committed
Provides questions everyone should ask before entering any investment endeavor

With How to Smell a Rat as your guide, you′ll learn how to protect your interests and assets from unnecessary losses.

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ISBN13:9780470526538
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:gebonden
Aantal pagina's:224
Hoofdrubriek:, Algemeen management

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Acknowledgments.
<p>Introduction.</p>
<p>Chapter 1: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.</p>
<p>Chapter 2: Too Good To Be True Usually Is.</p>
<p>Chapter 3: Don′t Be Blinded by Flashy Tactics.</p>
<p>Chapter 4: Exclusivity, Marble, and Other Things That Don′t Matter.</p>
<p>Chapter 5: Due Diligence Is Your Job, No One Else′s.</p>
<p>Chapter 6: A Financial Fraud–Free Future.</p>
<p>Appendix A: Asset Allocation – Risk &amp; Reward.</p>
<p>Appendix B: Same But Different Accounting Fraud.</p>
<p>Appendix C: Minds that Made the Market.</p>
<p>Notes.</p>
<p>Index.</p>
<p>About the Authors.</p>

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