The vigilant investor: a former SEC enforcer reveals how to fraud-proof your investments
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Main Author: Huddleston, Pat (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York American Management Association ©2012
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
The wide world of fraud : first steps and advanced tactics on the -- Path to vigilant investing -- Vigilant or vigilante : protecting your investments in the age of fraud -- The posse and the prey : the investment cops and the scam artists they pursue -- Rich man, poor man : an investment scam for every economic bracket -- The phantom factory and the origami airline : offering frauds, pump, and dumps, and why you can't believe your eyes -- Affinity fraud and the evil twin : how someone who looks a lot like you is plotting to take your nest egg -- Only amateurs make it sound too good to be true : tricks of the trade and the future of financial fraud -- The securities industry : hunting the wolf with the million dollar smile -- Truth, lies, and "why don't they supervise?" : inside boiler rooms and brokerage firms -- Managing mavericks : knowing how compliance systems work can help you protect your nest egg -- Sales scripts, bullets, and the one-two punch : a peek into the stockerbrokers' bag of tricks -- Variable annuities : bells, whistles, and porcine cosmetics -- Making sense of alphabet soup : rias, cfas, cfps, and the friendly -- Neighborhood insurance agent -- Low-hanging fruit : seniors, the sick, and the solution -- investment scams
Making sound investments is tough enough without having to worry about unscrupulous financial advisers and outright frauds. But recently strengthened laws aren't enough to stop the professionalsö intent on profiting fromùor just plain stealingùyour money. As an Enforcement Branch Chief at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Pat Huddleston witnessed countless people lose their life savings to reckless stockbrokers and fraudulent schemes. Now an SEC-recommended Receiver and CEO of a securities and investment fraud investigation agency, Huddleston has intimate knowledge of how scam artists an
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (v, 250 pages)
ISBN:0814417515
9780814417515
9780814417508
0814417507

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