Overview

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.

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Author:   Leo Gough
Publisher:   Pearson Education Limited
Imprint:   FT Publishing International
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9780273751342

ISBN 10:   0273751344
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 August 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

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

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Leo Gough's book 'The Con Men' is something that has needed to be written for a very long time. It gives a potted history of the major frauds that have been perpetrated on the investing public, who have lost masses of their hard earned capital, and who have no redress for the theft of their money. Charles Vintcent, author of Investing for Recovery (FT Publishing, 2010)

Leo Gough’s book ‘The Con Men’ is something that has needed to be written for a very long time. It gives a potted history of the major frauds that have been perpetrated on the investing public, who have lost masses of their hard earned capital, and who have no redress for the theft of their money. Charles Vintcent, author of Investing for Recovery (FT Publishing, 2010)

Author Information

Leo Gough was the editor of two investment newsletters during the 1990’s, ‘The Zurich Club’ and ‘Taipan’ for Fleet Street Publications. Since 1997 he has spent much of his time in the Asia/Pacific region, working with banks, such as Citibank, and consultancy firms, such as AT Kearney. Currently Leo is working in management consultancy in the Middle East. He is the author of more than 20 books on personal finance and investment.  

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