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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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Harlow, England :
Pearson,
2013.
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Series: | Financial Times series
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Online Access: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Table of Contents:
- 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.