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The Vigilant Investor

A Former SEC Enforcer Reveals How to Fraud-Proof Your Investments

By Pat HUDDLESTON

Publisher: AMACOM

Release Date: October 2011

Pages: 256

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Making sound investments is tough enough without having to worry about unscrupulous financial advisers and outright frauds. But recently strengthened laws arenÆt enough to stop the ôprofessionalsö intent on profiting fromùor just plain stealingùyour money. As an Enforcement Branch Chief at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Pat Huddleston witnessed countless people lose their life savings to reckless stockbrokers and fraudulent schemes. Now an SEC-recommended Receiver and CEO of a securities and investment fraud investigation agency, Huddleston has intimate knowledge of how scam artists and bad brokers operate. In The Vigilant Investor, he explains WHY we fall for investment scams, HOW con artists play on our emotions, and WHAT we can do to protect ourselves from predators. With its unique look into the science of financial decision making, the book blows up the popular myths and simplistic ôdoÆs and donÆtsö of investing while sharing techniques anyone can use to perform due diligence even better than the ôexperts.ö With gripping stories of actual cases, Huddleston sheds light on the dark corners of the investment industry and teaches investors and professionals alike how to spot fraud and guard themselves against financial catastrophe.