Fooling some of the people all of the time

Allied Capital--a long, short story

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Fooling some of the people all of the time

Allied Capital--a long, short story

On May 2002 the author, a hedge-fund manager, gave a speech at a charity event about a seemingly corrupt and unorthodox business development company called Allied Capital being shorted by the fund.
The speech launches an ongoing battle between the fund and the company to determine who has the most accurate view of Allied's business. This book provides the hedge fund's side of the story.

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English
Pages
379

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Fooling some of the people all of the time: Allied Capital--a long, short story
2008, John Wiley & Sons, J. Wiley
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First Sentence

"My father, Stephen, wanted to write a book before he turned forty, and at thirty-eight realized he better get started."

Table of Contents

Forward, ix
Acknowledgements, xi
Allied Capital Stock Price Chart, xiv
Who's Who, xvii
Introduction: The Spark of a Speech, 1
. Part 1: A Charity Case and Greenlight Capital
1 Before Greenlight, 9
2 Getting the "Greenlight", 13
3 Greenlight's Early Success, 23
4 Value Investing through the Internet Bubble, 33
5 Dissecting Allied Capital, 43
. Part Two: Spinning So Fast Leaves Most People Dizzy
6 Allied Talks Back, 55
7 Wall Street Analysts, 65
8 The You-Hav-Got-to-Be-Kidding-Me Method of Accounting, 73
9 Fact-Or Maybe Not, 81
10 Business Loan Express, 97
11 Disengaging and Re-engaging, 105
12 Me or Your Lyin' Eyes?, 111
13 Debates and Manipulations, 121
14 Rewarding Shareholders, 127
15 BLX is Worth What, Exactly?, 135
. Part Threee: Would Somebody, Anybody, Wake Up?
16 The Government Investigates, 145
17 A Tough Morning, 157
18 A Spinner, A Scribe, and a Scholar, 165
19 Kroll Digs Deeper, 171
20 Rousing the Authorities, 179
21 A $9 Million Game of Three-Card Monte, 193
. Part Four: How the System Works (and Doesn't)
22 Hello, Who's There? 213
23 Whistle-Blower, 223
24 A Naked Attack, 237
25 Another Loan Program, Another Fraud, 245
26 The Smell of Politics, 255
27 Insiders Getting the Money Out, 265
. Part Five: Greenlight Was Right . . . Carry On
28 Charges and Denials, 275
29 Charges and Admissions, 283
30 Late Innings,297
31The SEC Finds a Spot under the Rug, 311
32 A Garden of Weeds,316
33 AConviction, a Hearing, and a Dismissal, 331
34 Blind Men, Elephants, Mobius Strips,and Moral Hazards,351
Glossary, 357
About the Author, 363
Index, 365

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Hoboken, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
332.6/20973
Library of Congress
HG3729.U5 E44 2008, HG3729.U5, HG3729.U5 E46 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
379

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16700029M
Internet Archive
foolingsomeofpeo00einh
ISBN 13
9780470073940
LCCN
2008011992
OCLC/WorldCat
213600784
Goodreads
757552

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