Take on the Street What Wall St. and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know / What You Can Do to Fight Back

Name: Take on the Street What Wall St. and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know / What You Can Do to Fight Back
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ISBN: 9780375421785

ISBN-10: 0375421785

ISBN-13: 9780375421785

Edition: 2002

Authors: Arthur Levitt, Paula Dwyer, Arthur Levitt

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Investors today are being fed lies and distortions, are being exploited and neglected. In the wake of the last decade’s rush to invest by millions of households and Wall Street’s obsession with short-term performance, a culture of gamesmanship has grown among corporate management, financial analysts, brokers, and fund managers, making it hard to tell financial fantasy from reality, salesmanship from honest advice. In Take on the Street, Arthur Levitt—former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission—shows how you can take matters into your own hands. At once anecdotal (names are named), informative, and prescriptive, Take on the Street expounds on, among other subjects: the…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/8/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.12" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

First appointed in 1993, Arthur Levitt was the longest-serving S.E.C chairman. He served as chairman of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, chairman of the American Stock Exchange, and was the co-founder of a brokerage firm that eventually became Citigroup. He lives in Connecticut.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



How to Sleep as Well as Your Broker



The Seven Deadly Sins of Mutual Funds



Analyze This



Reg FD: Stopping the Flow of Inside Information



The Numbers Game



Beware False Profits: How to Read Financial Statements



Pay Attention to the Plumbing



Corporate Governance and the Culture of Seduction



How to Be a Player



Getting Your 401(k) in Shape



Power Games


Glossary


Index