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Forensic Accounting useful?
Hey, I just finished the book „Confidence Game“ on Bill Ackmans battle with MBIA. The book says that they made use of forensic accounting reports on multiple occasions, which made me wonder, if learning more about forensic accounting is useful to being a investor, or if it is only useful if you...
Any chance?
Given my work experience, where do I have a shot at getting in? Any chance at an M7? And who should I ask for recommendations? My present employer is not an option. I'd like to start August 2014 if I can.
Is Bob Stiller in Jail Yet?
Martha Stewart must be having a conniption fit right about now. She did five months in the federal pen and another five under house arrest for selling less than 4,000 shares of ImClone on an insider tip that wasn't even hers . It has been revealed that Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) founder...
enron case study
I have been reading Graham and Dodd for the first time. I thought it would be fun to read enron's financial statements in light of GD's advice and see what I could find. Here is a gem from Enron's year ending 2000 statement "On August 16, 1999, Enron exchanged approximately 62.3 million shares...
Mike Mayo: Citigroup Cooking the Books
CLSA analyst Mike Mayo isn't pulling any punches when he accuses Vikram Pandit and Citigroup of cooking the books . For their part, Citigroup is proving that where there is smoke there is fire by freezing Mayo out and refusing to talk to him. At issue are the losses on $50 billion worth of...
Good investment?
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CCME So I'm looking at a Chinese advertising company that went public through a reverse merger. The company is Nasdaq-listed, but doesn't have analyst coverage from any major banks. The only firms that seem to follow it are Global Hunter Securities, Muddy Waters...
Come to think of it, what happens to ML's huge UK tax credit post BofA?
This briefly came to mind when the merger was announced, but the curiosity has gotten the better of me, so I'm hoping the experts here can shed some light on this. If some of you recall, FT (amongst others) ran an article in mid-August describing how Merill booked their credit derivative losses...
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