Confidence Game: How a Hedge Fund Manager Called Wall Street's Bluff 骗局，不是信心游戏

图书标准信息

• 作者 Christine S. Richard（克里斯汀·S·理查德） 著
• 出版社 Wiley
• 出版时间 2010-05
• ISBN 9780470648278
• 定价 290.30元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 336页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Bloomberg

【内容简介】

ConfidenceGameisataleaboutthedangerousdelusionsthathumbledAmerica'slargestfinancialinstitutionsandplungedthecountryintorecession.ItsheartisthestoryofhowhedgefundmanagerBillAckmanwarnedthatMBIAInc.,alittle-knowninsurancecompany,hadguaranteednearlyatrilliondollarsofdebt.Brandedafraudinthefinancialpress,Ackman,ashortsellerwhostoodtogainbillionsfromthebankruptcyofthecompanywasinvestigatedbytheEliotSpitzerandbytheSecuritiesExchangeCommission.Today,Ackman'swarninglooksremarkablyprescient.Theinvisiblebondinsurancebusinesshasallbutevaporatedandsohasconfidenceinthemarkets.

【作者简介】

ChristineS.RichardhascoveredfinancialmarketsinWashington,HongKong,Singapore,andNewYork.HerworkonthebondinsurersreceivedawardsfromtheSocietyofAmericanBusinessEditorsandWriters,theDeadlineClub,theNewswoman'sClubofNewYork,theNewYorkPressClub,theNewYorkStateSocietyofCertifiedPublicAccountants,andtheNationalAssociationofRealEstateEditors.HerarticleswereincludedinaseriesonthemunicipalbondmarketthatwasnominatedbyBloombergNewsin2007forthePulitzerPrize.ShelivesinFrenchtown,NewJersey,withherhusbandandtheirdaughter.