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Overview

How to smell a rat

Did you know that nearly every financial scam, including Bernard Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme, could have easily been avoided? Ken Fisher does, and now, in How to Smell a Rat, he arms you with five simple signs that can alert you to possible scams and insulate you against financial fraud.

How to Smell a Rat is an informative look at recent and historic examples of fraudsters, how they operated, and how their scams could have been avoided. Page by page, this reliable resource highlights various features of potential frauds and provides you with an insider's view on how to spot financial disasters before you become a part of them.

Most investment scams can be easily detected and more easily avoided. While Bernard Madoff may be a criminal, the greater crime is that investors continue to be swindled for no reason. Pick up How to Smell a Rat, and learn how to protect yourself as best you can from financial fraud.  

  • Ken Fisher
    Ken Fisher

Editorial Reviews

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In the wake of Bernie Madoff's $65 billion Ponzi scheme comes this book that helps listeners invest safely and identify financial scams big and small. As straightforward as it sounds, the book is surprisingly entertaining, featuring an allegory of a cautious investor, stories about fraudsters throughout history and the five rules to evade scams. Scott Thomsen delivers a vivid reading and bypasses the pitfalls of dryness and one-dimensionality that plague so many narrators of financial and business audio books. The material allows Thomsen to loosen his collar and convey the information (and help the medicine go down) with personality and panache. A Wiley hardcover (Reviews, Sept. 7) (Sept.)

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470526538
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 7/27/2009
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 694,041
  • Series: Fisher Investments Press Series
  • Product dimensions: 6.20 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 0.90 (d)

Meet the Author

Ken Fisher is best known for his prestigious 'Portfolio Strategy' column in Forbes magazine, where his twenty-five-year tenure of high-profile calls makes him the fourth longest-running columnist in Forbes? 90-plus-year history. Ken is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fisher Investments, an independent global money management firm. He is on Investment Advisor magazine's prestigious IA-25 list of the industry's most influential people; is the award-winning author of numerous scholarly articles; and has published five previous books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Only Three Questions That Count and The Ten Roads to Riches-both of which are published by Wiley. Ken has been published, interviewed, and/or appeared in most major American, British, and German finance or business periodicals. He has a weekly column in Focus Money, Germany's leading weekly finance magazine.

Lara Hoffmans graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in theatre. She is a content manager at Fisher Investments and contributing editor of MarketMinder.com. She also coauthored with Ken Fisher the bestsellers The Only Three Questions That Count and The Ten Roads to Riches.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Good Fences Make Good Neighbors 11

Chapter 2 Too Good to Be True Usually Is 39

Chapter 3 Don't Be Blinded by Flashy Tactics 63

Chapter 4 Exclusivity, Marble, and Other Things That Don't Matter 87

Chapter 5 Due Diligence Is Your Job, No One Else's 111

Chapter 6 A Financial Fraud-Free Future 137

Appendix A Asset Allocation-Risk & Reward 153

Appendix B Same But Different-Accounting Fraud 157

Appendix C Minds That Made the Market 161

Notes 195

Index 203

About the Authors 209

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 28, 2009

    If you plan on hiring an investment adviser - READ THIS BOOK FIRST!

    Great book. Very useful, easy to read, actually funny in parts.

    4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 1, 2009

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    Very relevant

    Picked this up at an airport and it kept me engrossed through my flight. With all the news about Madoff, it's easy to worry about who is and who might be the next Ponzi guy. But this book makes it very easy to do the right kind of due diligence. I also appreciated the historic examples and anecdotes. Who knew Joe Kennedy was such a chicken thief? Apparently FDR!

    3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 2, 2009

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    Take this book with you when interviewing advisors

    This book was excellent, to the point, and will be invaluable to me. I am taking it with me next Thursday when I am having a meeting with a possible money manager. I'm opening it a page 36 and asking those questions and checking his answers. Thanks to this book I will not be scammed.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted October 12, 2009

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    Savvy guide to avoiding con artists

    The unlamented year of 2008 was a terrible time for investors. The news that money wizard Bernie Madoff stole some $65 billion from his investment clients with a giant pyramid scheme added insult to injury. Though already in his 70s, Madoff received a 150-year prison sentence for his thievery. Many felt the punishment was too light. The world is full of crooks and charlatans like Madoff. Fortunately for investors, they often give themselves away if you know how to spot them. In this savvy manual, business journalist Ken Fisher (writing with investment expert Lara Hoffmans) details five warning signs that can reveal crooks posing as financial advisers. getAbstract recommends this book to investors who are suspicious and to those who ought to be.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted September 8, 2009

    No Fear of Scams

    Picked this up just because the title seemed intriguing. Glad I did. I've retained some very valuable lessons on avoiding those situtaions that have the potential to end up like another Madoff. Besides the useful tips it was a snappy read, enjoyable and even funny. Glad I read it, and I recommend it highly.

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  • Posted November 15, 2009

    Valuable advice

    If this book were required reading in high school or college, loads of scamsters would be out of business. It is easy to follow and tells you exactly what you need to know to avoid most frauds.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 26, 2009

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    An excellent read.

    A good read for those who want to know how to avoid being wrong.

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