Book description
A timely guide to uncovering financial fraud
2008 and 2009 will be remembered for bear markets, a global credit
crunch, and some of the largest investment scams ever. But these scams
are nothing new, they've been repeated throughout history, and there
will certainly be more to come. But the good news is fraudsters often
follow the same basic playbook. Learn the playbook, and know how to
ask the right questions, and financial fraud can be easy to detect and
simple to avoid.
In How to Smell a Rat, trusted financial expert Ken Fisher
provides you with an inside's view on how to spot financial disasters
before you become a part of them. Filled with in-depth insights
and practical advice, this reliable resource takes an engaging look at
recent and historic examples of fraudsters, how they operated, and how
they can be easily avoided. Fisher also shows you the quick,
identifiable features of financial frauds and arms you with the
questions to ask when assessing a money manager.
- Prepares you to identify and avoid financials cams that could
instantly destroy your wealth
- Contains examples that highlight how financial frauds are committed
- Provides questions everyone should ask before entering any
investment endeavor
With How to Smell a Rat as your guide, you'll learn how to
protect your interests and assets from unnecessary losses.
KEN FISHER is best known for his prestigious
"Portfolio Strategy" column in Forbes magazine, where
his twenty-five-year tenure of high-profile calls makes him the fourth
longest-running columnist in Forbes's ninety-plus-year history.
Ken is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Fisher Investments, an
independent global money management firm. He is on Investment
Advisor magazine's prestigious IA-25 list of the industry's most
influential people; is the award-winning author of numerous scholarly
articles; and has published five previous books, including the New
York Times bestsellers The Only Three Questions That Count and
The Ten Roads to Riches, also published by Wiley.
LARA HOFFMANS is a content manager at Fisher Investments, a
contributing editor to Fisher Investments MarketMinder, and coauthor
of the bestsellers The Only Three Questions That Count and
The Ten Roads to Riches.
