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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460014903321

Autore

Trupp Philip Z (Philip Zber)

Titolo

Ruthless [[electronic resource] ] : how enraged investors reclaimed their investments and beat Wall Street / / Phil Trupp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2010

ISBN

0-470-91096-8

1-282-78303-3

9786612783036

0-470-91094-1

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Disciplina

364.16/3

Soggetti

Securities fraud - United States

Corporations - Corrupt practices - United States

Floating rate notes - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Ruthless: How Enraged Investors Reclaimed Their Investments and Beat Wall Street; Contents; Author's Note; Introduction; Chapter 1: "Deal With It!"; Chapter 2: The "Back Nine"; Chapter 3: A Sweet Deal-Until It's Not!; Chapter 4: "I Have No Dreams"; Chapter 5: Bill Meets Mohela; Chapter 6: Power to the Blogosphere; Chapter 7: Radioactive Man; Chapter 8: Armies of the Unseen; Chapter 9: Day of Deliverance; Chapter 10: The Newton Factor; Chapter 11: Harry the Hit Man; Chapter 12: The Raymond James Caper; Chapter 13: What's It All About, Barney?; Chapter 14: Stretching to Meet the Man

Chapter 15: State of Play 2009Chapter 16: Kathy's War; Chapter 17: Hopeful Signs from the Hill; Chapter 18: Going to Meet the Man; Chapter 19: The View from Here; Appendix; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ruthless is a candid exploration of the criminal subculture of Wall Street, and one of the first books to speak for the victims of the financial meltdown. On February 14, 2008, author Phil Trupp received a call from one of his brokers telling him a large portion of his



investments were frozen-on ice-turning his life and plans for retirement upside down. When the fog started to clear, Trupp realized he was one of many investors caught up in what experts called the greatest attempted securities fraud in modern Wall Street history-a 336 billion scam which made the savings and loan scandal