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Wall Street versus America : the rampant greed and dishonesty that imperil your investments / Gary Weiss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weiss, Gary (Gary R.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Securities fraud--United States.
- Securities fraud.
- United States.
- Securities industry--United States.
- Securities industry.
- New York Stock Exchange.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 290 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Portfolio, [2006]
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Battle of Trenton ix
- 1 Mr. Grasso's Neighborhood 1
- 2 How to Be a Wall Street Prophet 12
- 3 The Best Analysts Money Can Buy 24
- 4 Dialing the Globe for Dollars 43
- 5 The Ghost of Mutual Funds Past 53
- 6 Happiness Is a Warm Fund Manager 67
- 7 Mutual Funds Aren't Bullies 79
- 8 Mutual Fund Payback Time-Not 93
- 9 It's a Bird, It's a Plane ... It's Superinvestor! 107
- 10 Hedge Funds: The Birth of a Notion 119
- 11 How to Stuff a Wild Hedge Fund 125
- 12 The Money Floats In-From Your Wallet 137
- 13 Bear in the Woods 148
- 14 The Answer: Freed-up Markets 159
- 15 Clueless in Microcapland 162
- 16 The Holistic Approach to Corporate Crime 176
- 17 The Baloney Blitzkrieg 190
- 18 Fighting Back 210
- 19 An Outbreak of Informational Bacteria 213
- 20 The Gunfight at ZiaSun Corral 223
- 21 Turning On the Lights at Yale 230
- Epilogue: The Second Battle of Trenton 239.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1591840945
- OCLC:
- 66138760
- Publisher Number:
- 9781591840947
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