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Pound foolish : exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry / Helaine Olen.

by Olen, Helaine.

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Portfolio/Penguin, 2012.

Financial planners.

Investment advisors.

Finance, Personal.

Financial services industry.

9781591844891 (hbk.)

1591844894 (hbk.)

Alternate title:

Exposing the dark side of the personal finance industry

x, 292 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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.

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