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How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud
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Overview
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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780470526538 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 07/27/2009 |
Series: | Fisher Investments Press Series |
Pages: | 224 |
Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
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.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 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