Selling America Short: The SEC and Market Contrarians in the Age of Absurdity

Praise for SELLING AMERICA SHORTRichard Sauer′s riveting Selling America Short lifts the veil on two powerful and secretive worlds that dominate our financial markets: those of hedge funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission regulators. Accounts of the inner workings of both don′t come more informative—or more entertaining."—Jesse Eisinger, Senior Reporter, ProPublicaEvery stock market cop should be as determined—and witty and frank—as Rick Sauer. Assigned reading for anyone investigating stock swindles, or just stocks. Finally,an inside narrative of the SEC and the scams that wrecked Wall Street."—Bill Alpert, Senior Editor, Barron′s
Rick Sauer′s journey through the underbelly of finance is black humor at its best. Truly hilarious and deeply frightening."—Bethany McLean, Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair
Selling America Short: The SEC and Market Contrarians in the Age of Absurdity is the gripping chronicle of twenty years of crooked companies and financial philanderers as seen through the eyes of Richard Sauer, a veteran of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, private legal practice, and the hedge fund subculture.
Sauer began chasing financial fraud at the SEC before it exploded into an issue of national concern. Before, that is, Enron and WorldCom and other turn–of–the–century financial scandals made people wonder whether our business leaders should be seen as presumptive felons, including those paragons of capitalism who loom like stuffed predators from the covers of Fortune and BusinessWeek.
Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this book recounts Sauer′s first–person experiences with the sometimes comic, sometimes tragic flaws of the American financial system and those who attempt to control it.

Spis treści:
Prologue.
Chapter One Rude Awakenings.
Chapter Two The SEC Steps Out.
Chapter Three Short People .
Chapter Four Belgian Waffles.
Chapter Five AremisSoft and the Deemster from Hell.
Chapter Six Taking Out the Eurotrash.
Chapter Seven In the Shadow of Enron.
Chapter Eight The Easter Bunny Cometh.
Chapter Nine Mired in Muck.
Chapter Ten Our Tax Dollars at Work.
Chapter Eleven Benched.
Chapter Twelve The Overstock Flame Wars.
Chapter Thirteen The Bird in the Bush.
Chapter Fourteen The Collapse of the American Financial Sector in One Easy Lesson.
Chapter Fifteen Ashes, Ashes, All Fall Down.
Epilogue Picking up the Pieces.
About the Author.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:

RICHARD C. SAUER has been, among other things, an Assistant Director with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, a partner in an international law firm, and an analyst with a Northern California hedge fund. In his dozen years as an SEC attorney and administrator, he was responsible for some of the agency′s most memorable financial fraud cases. Sauer′s articles on legal and financial topics have appeared in numerous publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Barron′s. He is also a published novelist and holds a doctorate in law (SJD) from Harvard Law School. Sauer lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, Eileen Killory.

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Praise for SELLING AMERICA SHORTRichard Sauer′s riveting Selling America Short lifts the veil on two powerful and secretive worlds that dominate our financial markets: those of hedge funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission regulators. Accounts of the inner workings of both don′t come more informative—or more entertaining."—Jesse Eisinger, Senior Reporter, ProPublicaEvery stock market cop should be as determined—and witty and frank—as Rick Sauer. Assigned reading for anyone investigating stock swindles, or just stocks. Finally,an inside narrative of the SEC and the scams that wrecked Wa ll Street."—Bill Alpert, Senior Editor, Barron′s
Rick Sauer′s journey through the underbelly of finance is black humor at its best. Truly hilarious and deeply frightening."—Bethany McLean, Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair
Selling America Short: The SEC and Market Contrarians in the Age of Absurdity is the gripping chronicle of twenty years of crooked companies and financial philanderers as seen through the eyes of Richard Sauer, a veteran of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, private legal practice, and the hedge fund subculture.
Sauer began chasing financial fraud at the SEC before it exploded into an issue of national concern. Before, that is, Enron and WorldCom and other turn–of–the–century financial scandals made people wonder whether our business leaders should be seen as presumptive felons, including those paragons of capitalism who loom like stuffed predators from the covers of Fortune and BusinessWeek.
Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this book recounts Sauer′s first–person experiences with the sometimes comic, sometimes tragic flaws of the American financial system and those who attempt to control it.