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Take on the Street

How to Fight for Your Financial Future

What Wall St. and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know / What You Can Do to Fight Back

What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know and How You Can Fight Back

What Wall Street and Corporate America Don't Want You To Know and How You Can Fight Back

By Arthur Levitt

By Arthur Levitt

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    About Take on the Street

    In Take on the Street, Arthur Levitt–Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission for eight years under President Clinton–provides the best kind of insider information: the kind that can help honest, small investors protect themselves from the deliberately confusing ways of Wall Street.

    At a time when investor confidence in Wall Street and corporate America is at an historic low, when many are seriously questioning whether or not they should continue to invest, Levitt offers the benefits of his own experience, both on Wall Street and as its chief regulator. His straight talk about the ways of stockbrokers (they are salesmen, plain and simple), corporate financial statements (the truth is often hidden), mutual fund managers (remember who they really work for), and other aspects of the business will help to arm everyone with the tools they need to protect—and enhance—their financial future.

    About Take on the Street

    In Take on the Street, Arthur Levitt–Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission for eight years under President Clinton–provides the best kind of insider information: the kind that can help honest, small investors protect themselves from the deliberately confusing ways of Wall Street.

    At a time when investor confidence in Wall Street and corporate America is at an historic low, when many are seriously questioning whether or not they should continue to invest, Levitt offers the benefits of his own experience, both on Wall Street and as its chief regulator. His straight talk about the ways of stockbrokers (they are salesmen, plain and simple), corporate financial statements (the truth is often hidden), mutual fund managers (remember who they really work for), and other aspects of the business will help to arm everyone with the tools they need to protect—and enhance—their financial future.

    About Take on the Street

    Investors today are being fed lies and distortions, are being exploited and neglected. In the wake of the last decade’s rush to invest by millions of households and Wall Street’s obsession with short-term performance, a culture of gamesmanship has grown among corporate management, financial analysts, brokers, and fund managers, making it hard to tell financial fantasy from reality, salesmanship from honest advice.

    In Take on the Street, Arthur Levitt—former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission—shows how you can take matters into your own hands. At once anecdotal (names are named), informative, and prescriptive, Take on the Street expounds on, among other subjects: the relationship between broker compensation and your trading account; the conflicts of interest inherent in buy-hold-or-sell recommendations of analysts; what exactly happens—and who gets a piece of the action—when you place an order; the “seven deadly sins” of mutual funds; the vagaries and vicissitudes of 401(k) investments; how accountants engage in sleight of hand to fake impressive company performance; how to find the truth in a company’s financial statements; the real reason for the Street’s hostility to full disclosure; the crisis in corporate governance, and, given these shenanigans and double-dealings, what specific steps you can take to safeguard your financial future.

    With integrity and authority, Levitt gives us a bracing primer on the collapse of the system for overseeing our capital markets, and sage, essential advice on a discipline we often ignore to our peril—how not to lose money.

    About Take on the Street

    Investors today are being fed lies and distortions, are being exploited and neglected. In the wake of the last decade’s rush to invest by millions of households and Wall Street’s obsession with short-term performance, a culture of gamesmanship has grown among corporate management, financial analysts, brokers, and fund managers, making it hard to tell financial fantasy from reality, salesmanship from honest advice.

    In Take on the Street, Arthur Levitt—former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission—shows how you can take matters into your own hands. At once anecdotal (names are named), informative, and prescriptive, Take on the Street expounds on, among other subjects: the relationship between broker compensation and your trading account; the conflicts of interest inherent in buy-hold-or-sell recommendations of analysts; what exactly happens—and who gets a piece of the action—when you place an order; the “seven deadly sins” of mutual funds; the vagaries and vicissitudes of 401(k) investments; how accountants engage in sleight of hand to fake impressive company performance; how to find the truth in a company’s financial statements; the real reason for the Street’s hostility to full disclosure; the crisis in corporate governance, and, given these shenanigans and double-dealings, what specific steps you can take to safeguard your financial future.

    With integrity and authority, Levitt gives us a bracing primer on the collapse of the system for overseeing our capital markets, and sage, essential advice on a discipline we often ignore to our peril—how not to lose money.

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    About Arthur Levitt

    First appointed in 1993, Arthur Levitt was the longest-serving chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was also chairman of the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the American Stock Exchange. He cofounded the brokerage firm that eventually… More about Arthur Levitt

    About Arthur Levitt

    First appointed in 1993, Arthur Levitt was the longest-serving chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was also chairman of the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the American Stock Exchange. He cofounded the brokerage firm that eventually… More about Arthur Levitt

    About Arthur Levitt

    First appointed in 1993, Arthur Levitt was the longest-serving chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was also chairman of the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the American Stock Exchange. He cofounded the brokerage firm that eventually… More about Arthur Levitt

    About Arthur Levitt

    First appointed in 1993, Arthur Levitt was the longest-serving chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. He was also chairman of the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the American Stock Exchange. He cofounded the brokerage firm that eventually… More about Arthur Levitt

    Product Details

    Category: Business | Personal Finance

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Nov 11, 2003 | 384 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375714023

    Category: Business | Personal Finance

    Ebook | $6.99
    Published by Vintage
    Oct 08, 2002 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9780375422355

    Category: Business | Personal Finance | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $14.95
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 08, 2002 | 374 Minutes | ISBN 9780553756951

    Category: Business | Personal Finance | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jun 05, 2002 | 374 Minutes | ISBN 9780736697767
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    Praise

    “A first-rate financial primer.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “A how-to for investors who want to participate in the public equity markets without getting fleeced.” –USA Today

    “Levitt offers a rich menu of warnings to the individual human beings out there who—directly or indirectly—own America’s publicly held coprorations.” —The Wall Street Journal

    “Buy this book, because you will want to read it more than once…. Clear and informative; the analysis of investor alternatives is jargon-free and penetrating. And Arthur Levitt makes Wall Street live.” –Barron’s

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