Selling America short: the SEC and market contrarians in the age of absurdity

Selling America Short is the gripping chronicle of 20 years crooked companiesand financial philanderers told through the eyes of an industry insider. Pageby page, it delves deep inside Wall Street, showing the damage wrought by thedeep biases and lack of worldly experience common among those who hold the reins of our capital markets. Author Rick Sauer has been privy to some of the biggest cases of financial fraud in recent history. During his dozen years at the SEC, he supervised some of its most not­able finan­cial cases, including Lernout in a much-publicized SEC investigation Copper River Part­ners, a short-biased hedge fund with a history of uncovering accounting scams. The book is a first-person narrative of Sauer's experiences and the sometimes comic, some­times tragic flaws of the American financial system and those who attempt to con­trol it.Rick Sauer is a lawyer, financial writer, and true industry insider. He has published numerous articles on law and finance, including pieces in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, as well as professional journals. Sauer has served as an attorney and administrator with the Securities and Exchange Commission. During his 12 years at the SEC, he supervised some of its most not­able finan­cial cases, including Lernout in a much-publicized SEC investigation Copper River Part­ners, a short-biased hedge fund with a history ofuncovering accounting scams.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-58211-4
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 336
• Fecha Publicación: 05/05/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés