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The Forewarned Investor: Don't Get Fooled Again by Corporate Fraud [Hardcover]

Brett S. Messing (Author), Steven A. Sugarman (Author), Jim Cramer (Foreword)
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June 2006
Thousands of people every year are fooled into investing in companies that turn out to be downright criminal. We've seen it happen; It may even have happened to you. But it doesn't have to. In almost every case of major corporate fraud over the last century, sharp-eyed investors could have picked out warning signs and exited before the crash.

The basic techniques of corporate fraud have changed little over time. The danger signs that cropped up around Charles Ponzi’s international postage stamp scheme in the 1920s and Stanley Goldblum’s insurance company in the 1940s are the same as those at Enron, Tyco, and WorldCom.

Investors have fallen for the same bag of tricks again and again, despite the fact that every business rogue leaves tracks in the sand.

The Forewarned Investor is the first book to show you how to identify the next Enron or the next WorldCom. Don’t get fooled again!


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"The Forewarned Investor explains—in plain English—how to protect yourself, teaching the kind of lessons you and I both need to have on hand before we commit to owning any stock."

—James J. Cramer, author of Jim Cramer’s Real Money

About the Author

Brett S. Messing is the Managing Partner of GPS Partners, an investment management firm specializing in income-oriented securities. He was previously a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Messing has contributed to Fortune magazine and appears regularly on CNBC. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Brown University and lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Marla, and three daughters, Natalie, Samantha, and Morgan.

Steven A. Sugarman is a Partner of GPS Partners. He previously worked with Mr. Messing at Lehman Brothers where he was primarily responsible for the management of income‑oriented investments. Mr. Sugarman began his career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He is a graduate of the Yale Law School and Dartmouth College and lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife, Ainslie, and his daughter, Sierra.


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  • Hardcover: 221 pages
  • Publisher: Career Press; 1 edition (June 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1564148815
  • ISBN-13: 978-1564148810
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,653,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, Informative Read, June 14, 2006
This review is from: The Forewarned Investor: Don't Get Fooled Again by Corporate Fraud (Hardcover)
A great read going through the last 100+ years of corporate fraudsters. The authors really make history and the characters come alive through their storytelling. They also bring out amazing parallels among the frauds and show how people could have spotted the dangers before they lost everything. Good lessons to know and to keep in mind for the future. A great book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars insightful, June 20, 2006
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This book changed the way I invest. It is a must read before putting your money on the line!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Jim Cramer's Right. You should read this., June 17, 2006
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Jim Cramer gets it right. This book is one of most valuable I have ever read in terms of helping me invest my money -- and I've read alot. It teaches the reader what to look for to make sure they are investing in good sound companies and not the Enron's of the world. It is one thing to find an exciting stock, it is another to have the confidence to know that you aren't getting swindled. This book gave me that confidence.
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