The Con Men a history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn 1st Edition by Leo Gough ISBN 0273751344 9780273751342 by Gough, Leo 9780273751342, 9780273751779, 9780273751786, 0273751344, 0273751778, 0273751786 instant download after payment.

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ISBN 10: 0273751344 
ISBN 13: 9780273751342
Author: Leo Gough

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. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

The Con Men a history of financial fraud and the lessons you can learn 1st Table of contents:

Part One A brief but efficient history of trickery
Chapter 1 The horror stories
Bernie Madoff
Allen Stanford
Could you have spotted a problem?
Lessons from the past
If you can’t trust the analysts and the auditors, who can you trust?
Chapter 2 Our touching need for confidence
Insider trading
Ivan Boesky and Dennis Levine
Robert Vesco
Plus ça change ...
Chapter 3 Shiny new inventions and old tricks
Ponzi and ‘Pump and Dump’ schemes
The SEC and Bernard Madoff
Further SEC investigations
Some frauds just never go away
Part Two Let’s go to work: the confidence men in action
Chapter 4 Sharks or maniacs?
Are some financial fraudsters psychopaths?
Routine activity theory
Nigerian scams – a different type of fraudster altogether?
The problem with plausibility
Chapter 5 Yielding to temptation: the Allen Stanford story
Offshore jurisdictions
Good old boys
Making sense of Stanford
Chapter 6 Shamanagement: financial wizardry to create paper profits
The Olympus scandal
The man who became the ‘Man from Del Monte’
Investors versus business shamans
Part Three Why we get the swindlers we deserve
Chapter 7 Some deadly sins of investment: trusting false prophets, investing for the Apocalypse and the money illusion
Selling the sizzle, not the steak
Gold bugs: waiting for Armageddon
The money illusion
You can fool some of the people all of the time ...
Chapter 8 Moral hazard in the system
The LIBOR scandal
The swindling of Jefferson County, Alabama
Surviving the banks
Chapter 9 Due negligence: failing to do the analysis
Harry Markopolos and Bernie Madoff
A word on funds and funds of funds
Due diligence always matters
Part Four How to avoid being swindled
Chapter 10 Funds are not all the same!
The Bayou hedge fund fraud
Avoiding hedge fund fraud
Chapter 11 All the books are cooked: the trouble with company accounts
Legal differences
Corporate governance from the investor’s point of view
Company accounts
Crazy Eddie
Enron
Investors and accounts
Chapter 12 Safer strategies
The first line of defence against fraud
Lower your expectations
Asset allocation
Afterword
Further reading
Index
Imprint

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