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Beschreibung
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.
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.
Über den Autor
Richard Koch is the author of 15 highly acclaimed books, including the The Financial Times Guide to Strategy and the bestselling 80/20 trilogy. As well as lecturing and broadcasting, he is an extremely successful entrepreneur and investor.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Part One A brief but efficient history of trickery
  • Chapter 1 The horror stories
  • Chapter 2 Our touching need for confidence
  • Chapter 3 Shiny new inventions and old tricks
  • Part Two Let’s go to work: the confidence men in action
  • Chapter 4 Sharks or maniacs?
  • Chapter 5 Yielding to temptation: the Allen Stanford story
  • Chapter 6 Shamanagement: financial wizardry to create paper profits
  • 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
  • Chapter 8 Moral hazard in the system
  • Chapter 9 Due negligence: failing to do the analysis
  • Part Four How to avoid being swindled
  • Chapter 10 Funds are not all the same!
  • Chapter 11 All the books are cooked: the trouble with company accounts
  • Chapter 12 Safer strategies
  • Afterword
  • Further reading
  • Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Fachbereich: Wirtschaft International
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780273751342
ISBN-10: 0273751344
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gough, Leo
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Hersteller: FT Publishing International
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu, Ansas Meyer, Lengericher Landstr. 19, D-49078 Osnabrück, mail@preigu.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 13 mm
Von/Mit: Leo Gough
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.10.2024
Gewicht: 0,348 kg
Artikel-ID: 132643838

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