How to Smell a Rat
The Five Signs of Financial Fraud

Blinkist. Excellent advice for people who are starting out in the investment world and needing to think about finding an investment advisor.......more

1. Badly written book. The only meaty aspects of it were the recommended reading sections. 2. Glancing at the title, one would assume that the author would walk us through the financial statements or at least provide some hints along the way as he chronicles the fraud. Not only does he not do that bu......more

I appreciated this as an audio book (listening while doing other things), but I doubt I would appreciate it as a pure read, because it seemed very repetitive. But still, it is informative, sometimes both funny and exiting, an easy read, and contains very sound advice. I recommend it for anyone who'd......more

I must have enjoyed it because I finished it within a week. Only the first point was useful for me although I am not sure how practical it is in New Zealand. All have separate custodian companies but I suspect they can all have access to customer assets if they wanted. The appendix was the most inte......more

Solid common sense advice.......more