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The pied pipers of Wall Street : how analysts sell you down the river

Title
The pied pipers of Wall Street : how analysts sell you down the river / Benjamin Mark Cole.
Author
Cole, Benjamin Mark, 1955-
Publication
Princeton, NJ : Bloomberg Press, 2001.

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Description
xiv, 234 pages; 25 cm
Summary
  • "In this story of compromised relationships and inherent conflicts of interest on Wall Street, financial journalist Benjamin Mark Cole traces the pivotal role of securities analysts - those experts who work for big brokerage firms and analyze a company, look into the future, and recommend whether to buy a stock. Cole shows how the securities analysts' job today is to make a "best case," not to be objective skeptics of a company's future performance.
  • As their firms chase investment banking deals, Wall Street analysts are ignoring red flags and touting stocks that are poised for a fall. And too often, analysts would sooner stop covering a company than recommend selling its stock. As a result, many investors these days have watched the stocks they own fall precipitously - without any warning from the analysts who persuaded them to buy the shares in the first place.".
  • "The Pied Pipers of Wall Street gives readers a close-up picture of how things really work. This is a cautionary tale of the offhand, everyday deception that resides in too many "buy" recommendations from the analysts, the true story of the fundamental conflict of interest that is routine for the securities business. It is also a lesson and a warning to the millions of individual investors who trust and rely on brokerage analysts for objective guidance on their own investments."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The Man on the Telephone -- 2. An Industry Transformed: from Sleuths to Salesmen -- 3. Compromised Relationships -- 4. The Pied Pipers with Golden Flutes -- 5. The Pied Pipers (Brass Flute Versions) -- 6. The Shorts -- 7. The Good Guys -- 8. To Regulate or Not to Regulate.
ISBN
1576600831
LCCN
2001016197
OCLC
  • ocm45750251
  • SCSB-4165426
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries