Today’s Stock Market Scams, Swindles, and Scoundrels by David Sokol

Today’s Stock Market Scams, Swindles, and Scoundrels

How to Recognise and Avoid Them

by David Sokol

Sherbourne Press, 1972, [First Printing], ISBN 082020112X, hardcover, dustjacket

Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear  (see photographs)

“Not until November of 1965 – when the Securities and Exchange Commission decided a case against the large nationwide brokerage firm of Shearson, Hammill & Co. – did the investment community drop its continuing posture that the giants were without sin and only the small “boiler shops” engaged in fraudulent activities.
Even then, the idea circulated and was widely accepted that the investment industry had policed itself, cleansed itself, and cast out its offensive practices and practitioners.  The investor could, once again, hand over his money in complete confidence… or so the story went.
Here is a book that tells you how the story really went.”