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Pound foolish : exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry / Helaine Olen. |
| Authors: | Olen, Helaine. |
| Call number: | 332.024 OLE |
| Publisher: | New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2012. |
| Publication date: | 2012. |
| Subject: |
Financial planners -- United States.
Investment advisors -- United States. Finance, Personal -- United States. Financial services industry -- United States. |
| Title: | Pound foolish : exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry / Helaine Olen. |
| Physical description: | x, 292 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents note: | What hath Sylvia wrought? -- The Tao of Suze -- The latte is a lie -- Slip slidin' away -- The road to Pas Tina -- I've got the horse right here -- An empire of her own -- Who wants to be a real estate millionaire? -- Elmo is b(r)ought to you by the letter P -- We need to talk about our money. |
| Summary note: | Describes how a financial column assignment revealed to the author the unethical machinations of the multi-billion-dollar personal finance industry and its false promises of quick and easy wealth, explaining how everyday investors are routinely misled by self-proclaimed money experts who exploit clients to increase their own wealth. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781591844891 (hbk.) 1591844894 (hbk.) |
| LCCN: | 2012035385 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1412851 |
| Bib No.: | 1412851 |
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