The vigilant investor : a former SEC enforcer reveals how to fraud-proof your investments / Pat Huddleston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huddleston, Pat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investments.

Securities fraud.

Swindlers and swindling--Prevention.

Swindlers and swindling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New York : American Management Association, c2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Americans are conned out of 40 billion a year. If Congress and regulators can't protect us from investment scams and shady financial advice, who can?

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; PART 1: The Wide World of Fraud: First Steps and Advanced Tactics on the Path to Vigilant Investing; 1. Vigilant or Vigilante? Protecting Your Investments in the Age of Fraud; 2. The Posse and the Prey: The Investment Cops and the Scam Artists They Pursue; 3. Rich Man, Poor Man: An Investment Scam for Every Economic Bracket; 4. The Phantom Factory and the Origami Airline: Offering Frauds, Pump and Dumps, and Why You Can't Believe Your Eyes; 5. Affinity Fraud and the Evil Twin: How Someone Who Looks a Lot Like You Is Plotting to Take Your Nest Egg

6. Only Amateurs Make It Sound Too Good to Be True: Tricks of the Trade and the Future of Financial FraudPART 2: The Securities Industry: Hunting the Wolf with the Million-Dollar Smile; 7. Truth, Lies, and ''Why Don't They Supervise?'' Inside Boiler Rooms and Brokerage Firms; 8. Managing Mavericks: Knowing How Compliance Systems Work Can Help You Protect Your Nest Egg; 9. Sales Scripts, Bullets, and the One-Two Punch: A Peek into the Stockbrokers' Bag of Tricks; 10. Variable Annuities: Bells, Whistles, and Porcine Cosmetics

11. Making Sense of Alphabet Soup: RIAs, CFAs, CFPs, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Insurance Agent12. Low-Hanging Fruit: Seniors, the Sick, and the Solution; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613319609

9781283319607

1283319608

9780814417515

0814417515

OCLC:

759037184