Predators and Profits: 100+ Ways for Investors to Protect Their Nest Eggs

Millions of investors have already been victimized by the scams that were Enron and Worldcom. And it's not over. Millions more will be victimized by tomorrow's mega-billion-dollar financial catastrophes. This is the first comprehensive, "no-sacred-cows" guide to today's financial scandals -- and to protecting your assets from tomorrow's. Unlike previous books, Corporate Cheats is utterly comprehensive: it isn't just about the Internet or telecom bubble, or Enron, or accounting fraud, or crooked CEOs and "see-no-evil" boards, or dishonest analysts and investment houses: it's about all of these, and more. Reuters equity editor Martin Howell draws on more than 50 exclusive interviews with experts in every facet of the market: leading short sellers such as James Chanos who saw the Enron disaster coming; long-time market reform advocates such as Former Federal Reserve chair Paul Volker, market psychologists, even private detectives. Above all, Corporate Cheats is about protecting your own hard won assets -- since you can't rely on anyone else to do it for you.