In the year 2008, the entire United States Economy nearly collapsed due to the complete meltdown of the Housing Market. This was brought on by an incredible display of greed, fraud and corruption on all levels. The actions of those on Wall Street and it's abuse of the Housing Market have been well documented in the media. The downfall of giants such as Bear Sterns and Lehman Brothers is well known. However, much less attention has been paid to Main Street. The Top Mortgage and Real Estate ...

Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths discuss first-hand how they cracked the Madoff Ponzi schemeNo One Would Listen is the thrilling story of how the Harry Markopolos, a little-known number cruncher from a Boston equity derivatives firm, and his investigative team uncovered Bernie Madoff's scam years before it made headlines, and how they desperately tried to warn the government, the industry, and the financial press.Page by page, Mar...

The bestselling author of the acclaimed House of Cards and The Last Tycoons turns his spotlight on to Goldman Sachs and the controversy behind its success.From the outside, Goldman Sachs is a perfect company. The Goldman PR machine loudly declares it to be smarter, more ethical, and more profitable than all of its competitors. Behind closed doors, however, the firm constantly straddles the line between conflict of interest and legitimate deal making, wields signif...

From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling true story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the Enron scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever.It was the corporate collapse that appeared to come out of nowhere. In late 2001, the Enron Corporation—a darling of the financial world, a company whose executives were friends of presidents and the powerful—im...

This guide will guarantee results for anyone looking to broaden their knowledge in Accounting. Its format insures continuous use. Learn accounting basics including: concepts, principles, financial statements, the accounting cycle, transactions and much more!

A revealing look at Wall Street, the financial media, and financial regulators by David Einhorn, the President of Greenlight CapitalCould 2008's credit crisis have been minimized or even avoided? In 2002, David Einhorn-one of the country's top investors-was asked at a charity investment conference to share his best investment advice. Short sell Allied Capital. At the time, Allied was a leader in the private financing industry. Einhorn claimed Allied was using quest...

In this tenth-anniversary edition, acclaimed investigative journalists Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind deliver the definitive account of the fall of Enron, one of the biggest scandals in corporate America history.Meticulously researched and character driven, The Smartest Guys in the Room takes the reader deep into Enron's past—and behind the closed doors of private meetings. Drawing on a wide range of unique sources, the book follows Enron's rise from obsc...

An award-winning reporter chronicles the calamitous story of Washington Mutual, the single-largest bank failure in American history, in this fast-paced, compelling, and gripping saga of greed and excess.During the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversial sale to JPMorgan...

Ponzi Schemes Ruin Dreams...⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Charles Ponzi gave the Ponzi Scheme its name. He wasn't the first, and won't be the last investment con artist. There's always a Ponzi scheme operating somewhere, stealing fortunes from unwitting investors. This book shows you how to spot a Ponzi scheme, and discover the tell-tale signs that an investment is too good to be true.Learn about the top 10 Ponzi Schemes of all time, and how these criminals...

Long-listed for the FT & Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2011The true story of how risk destroys, as told through the ongoing saga of AIGFrom the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, the subject of the financial crisis has been well covered. However, the story central to the crisis-that of AIG-has until now remained largely untold. Fatal Risk: A Cautionary Tale of AIG's Corporate Suicide tells the inside stor...

Your Guide to Every Tax Break the IRS Allows! HUNDREDS OF TIPS AND TECHNIQUES TO PRESERVE YOUR INCOME THROUGH EXCLUSIONS, CREDITS, DEDUCTIONS, SHELTERS, AND SMART INVESTMENTS!". . . the IRS's worst nightmare."--The New York Daily NewsEverything You Need to Know to Benefit from the New 2009 Tax LawTotally updated for 2010, How to Pay Zero Taxes lays out the simple, practical, and proven strategies that save you money at tax time...

From the bestselling author of F.I.A.S.C.O., a riveting chronicle of the rise of dangerous financial instruments and the growing crisis in American businessOne by one, major corporations such as Enron, Global Crossing, and Worldcom imploded all around us, prey to a greed-driven culture and dubious or illegal corporate finance and accounting.In a compelling and disturbing narrative, Frank Partnoy's Infectious Gr...