Take on the Street: What Wall St. and Corporate America Don't Want You to Know / What You Can Do to Fight Back - Hardcover

Levitt, Arthur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375421785 ISBN 13: 9780375421785

Publisher: Pantheon, 2002

Synopsis

Examines how investors are being exploited and deceived by both financial institutions and corporate America, discussing such topics as broker compensation, fair disclosure, and 401(k) investments.

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Review:

"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"

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"

"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

About the Author:

First appointed in 1993, Arthur Levitt was the longest-serving SEC chairman. He was also chairman of the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the American Stock Exchange. He co-founded the brokerage firm that eventually became Citigroup. He lives in Connecticut.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0375421785
• ISBN 13: 9780375421785
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352