Financial History: First-Hand Accounts

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" stylesrc="../_private/template_title.htm" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#333366" vlink="#000000" alink="#000000"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" cellpadding="10" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" id="table18"> <tr> <td width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"> <p class="header_black">History: <span class="header_gold">Personal Accounts</span></td> </tr> </table> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="4" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" cellpadding="0" id="table19"> <tr> <td width="740" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="468" id="table20"> <tr> <td> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr> </table> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table21"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap466"> <area href="../titles/bookstaber_richard_(2007).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 134, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_bookstaber_richard_(2007).jpg" width="135" height="200" usemap="#FPMap466"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table22"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" id="table23"> <tr> <td width="0%"> <p class="book_title">Demon of Our Own Design</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table24"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="5"> <p class="book_details">Richard Bookstaber</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap467"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap467"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap468"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 1, 88, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_0.gif" usemap="#FPMap468" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2007</td> <td width="90%" class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap469"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/bookstaber_richard_(2007).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap469" width="90" height="25" ></td> <td class="book_details_tags" align="right" valign="top"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0471227277/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0471227277"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0471227277" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">Richard Bookstaber knows his way around Wall Street. Thirty years ago, he transitioned from academia to practice. He has worked in trading and risk management since. Along the way, he wrote one of the best introductions to options trading ever published. In this new book, he takes on multiple tasks </strong>... <a href="../titles/bookstaber_richard_(2007).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table25"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap3"> <area target="_top" href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471771740/ref=nosim/contingencyanaly" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 132, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_lebenthal_and_Kanner_(2006).gif" width="133" height="200" usemap="#FPMap3"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table26"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Confessions of a Municipal Bond Salesman</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table27"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="4"> <p class="book_details">Jim Lebenthal and Bernice Kanner</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap461"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap461"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap2"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_0.gif" width="90" height="16" usemap="#FPMap2"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2006</td> <td width="100%" class="book_details_tags"> <p align="right"> <script language="JavaScript"> function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write("<a href=javascript:popUp('http://buybox.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=contingencyanaly&link_code=xsc&creative=23424&camp=2025&path=/dt/assoc/tg/aa/xml/assoc/-/0471771740/contingencyanaly/ref=ac_bb1_,_amazon')><img border=0 src=../images/pointer_amazon.gif alt='Buy from Amazon.com' ></a>"); document.close(); </script> <noscript> <form method="POST" action="http://buybox.amazon.com/o/dt/assoc/handle-buy-box=0471771740"> <input type="hidden" name="asin.0471771740" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="tag-value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="hidden" name="tag_value" value="contingencyanaly"> <input type="image" name="submit.add-to-cart" value="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="../../../titles/src=images/pointer_amazon.gif"> </form></noscript> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body">These are the tongue-in-cheek memoirs of a man who went from Hollywood to become an unabashed salesman and promoter of municipal bond investing. 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Arthur Andersen was one of the "Big 5" accounting firms. It had a proud tradition of integrity, which soured during the late 20th century. 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Half-edited resumes are up on every computer screen. Footballs sail through the air. 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