The vigilant investor
Subtitle: a former SEC enforcer reveals how to fraud-proof your investments
By: Pat Huddleston
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Management Association
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780814417508
Subjects: Securities fraud; Swindlers and swindling; Investments; Prevention
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The wide world of fraud : first steps and advanced tactics on the; title: Path to vigilant investing; title: Vigilant or vigilante : protecting your investments in the age of fraud; title: The posse and the prey : the investment cops and the scam artists they pursue; title: Rich man, poor man : an investment scam for every economic bracket; title: The phantom factory and the origami airline : offering frauds, pump, and dumps, and why you can't believe your eyes; title: Affinity fraud and the evil twin : how someone who looks a lot like you is plotting to take your nest egg; title: Only amateurs make it sound too good to be true : tricks of the trade and the future of financial fraud; title: The securities industry : hunting the wolf with the million dollar smile; title: Truth, lies, and "why don't they supervise?" : inside boiler rooms and brokerage firms; title: Managing mavericks : knowing how compliance systems work can help you protect your nest egg; title: Sales scripts, bullets, and the one-two punch : a peek into the stockerbrokers' bag of tricks; title: Variable annuities : bells, whistles, and porcine cosmetics; title: Making sense of alphabet soup : rias, cfas, cfps, and the friendly; title: Neighborhood insurance agent; title: Low-hanging fruit : seniors, the sick, and the solution; title: investment scams.