LOOMIS, Calif., Oct. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Having been connected to the investment business as a professional for quite a while, author Robert F. Wiest has virtually seen every scam and swindle of the stock market. A gripping expose awaits readers as Wiest tells all about The Dirtiest, Filthiest, Rottenest, Crookedest Business in the World: That Cesspool Called WALL STREET, released through Xlibris.
Many who are unaware may consider Wall Street as the pristine chapel of virtue, or the fountain of impeccable integrity. However, for Wiest, it is unquestionably The Dirtiest, Filthiest, Rottenest, Crookedest Business in the World. Based on the author's experiences, this tell-all account reveals not only the numerous examples of fraud within the stock market, but also the questionable characters of the commodity brokers and regulators who are supposed to enforce the rules.
In this book, readers will uncover the inside stories of how and why a Wall Street brokerage house pleaded guilty to rigging the U.S. Treasury markets and paid a $290 million fine, but no one was prosecuted; a billionaire founder of a giant electronics firm stole $400 million from his firm in 2008, but was never prosecuted; and many others.
Eye opening, The Dirtiest, Filthiest, Rottenest, Crookedest Business in the World: That Cesspool Called WALL STREET helps readers know about how things go within the stock market to help them avoid being victimized. For more information on this book, log on to www.Xlibris.com.
About the Author
Robert F. Wiest entered the investment business as a professional in 1957. He has served as President of a top-performing mutual fund, founder of California's first Commodity Pool, Resident Manager of an office of a NYSE firm, mutual fund wholesaler, stock broker, commodity broker, and publisher of a commodity newsletter with one thousand one hundred subscribers. Having worked in every segment of the investment industry, he has seen virtually every scam used in the business. In this book he has described dozens of those scams. By reading this book, one may save a thousand times the cost of the book.
The Dirtiest, Filthiest, Rottenest, Crookedest Business
in the World* by Robert F. Wiest
That Cesspool Called WALL STREET
Publication Date: October 16, 2009
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