Wall Street potholes insights from top money managers on avoiding dangerous products
Recognize Wall Street tactics for what they are, and make smarter decisions with your money Wall Street Potholes shares insights into the money management industry, revealing the shady practices that benefit the salesman far more than the client. Bestselling author Simon Lack brings together a team...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629564106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Chapter 1 Non-traded REITs: A Security That Shouldn't Exist ; Poor Advice ; Why Not Get a Listing? ; Disingenuous Advice ; Whose Side Is Your Financial Advisor On? ; Where Are the Regulators?
- Overall Returns Are Poor The Importance of Benchmarking ; Puts and Calls ; Financial Advisors Need to Do Better ; Chapter 2 Why Investors Pay Too Much for Yield ; The Mysteries of Closed-End Funds ; Investors Can Overpay to Simplify Their Taxes ; The HFT Tax
- When Managers Run a Company for Themselves The Ham Sandwich Test ; If the Prospectus Says You'll Be Ripped Off, It Must Be Legal ; Timing Is Everything ; Chapter 3 Why Structured Notes Are Rarely the Best Choice ; Caveat Emptor! ; Structured Note Basics ; Why Buy Structured Notes?
- The Heart of the Matter: The Arguments Against Costs: These Notes Are Expensive ; Liquidity (or Lack Thereof); Complexity, Suitability, and the Individual Investor; Chapter 4 Update to The Hedge Fund Mirage ; Hedge Funds Remain a Great Business ; Industry Reaction to the Dismal Truth ; Why Hedge Funds Are Still Growing
- Some Accounting Rules Are Dumb Politics Drives Asset Flows ; Too Much Capital ; For Once, the Retail Investor Wasn't Duped ; Chapter 5 Why Is Wall Street So Inefficient? ; Why Is Finance So Expensive? ; Trading Doesn't Build a Secure Retirement ; Invest Time before Money
- Sex and Investing
