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Fooling Some of the People All of the Time
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Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Allied Capital Stock Price Chart xiv

Who’s Who xvii

Introduction to This Edition xxi

Introduction: The Spark of a Speech 1

Part One: A Charity Case and Greenlight Capital

Chapter 1 Before Greenlight 9

Chapter 2 Getting the “Greenlight” 13

Chapter 3 Greenlight’s Early Successes 23

Chapter 4 Value Investing through the Internet Bubble 33

Chapter 5 Dissecting Allied Capital 43

Part Two: Spinning So Fast Leaves Most People Dizzy

Chapter 6 Allied Talks Back 55

Chapter 7 Wall Street Analysts 65

Chapter 8 The You-Have-Got-to-Be-Kidding-Me Method of Accounting 73

Chapter 9 Fact—or Maybe Not 81

Chapter 10 Business Loan Express 97

Chapter 11 Disengaging and Re-engaging 105

Chapter 12 Me or Your Lyin’ Eyes? 111

Chapter 13 Debates and Manipulations 121

Chapter 14 Rewarding Shareholders 127

Chapter 15 BLX Is Worth What, Exactly? 135

Part Three: Would Somebody, Anybody, Wake Up?

Chapter 16 The Government Investigates 145

Chapter 17 A Tough Morning 157

Chapter 18 A Spinner, a Scribe, and a Scholar 165

Chapter 19 Kroll Digs Deeper 171

Chapter 20 Rousing the Authorities 179

Chapter 21 A $9 Million Game of Three-Card Monte 193

Part Four: How the System Works (and Doesn’t)

Chapter 22 Hello, Who’s There? 213

Chapter 23 Whistle-Blower 223

Chapter 24 A Naked Attack 237

Chapter 25 Another Loan Program, Another Fraud 245

Chapter 26 The Smell of Politics 255

Chapter 27 Insiders Getting the Money Out 265

Part Five: Greenlight Was Right ... Carry On

Chapter 28 Charges and Denials 275

Chapter 29 Charges and Admissions 283

Chapter 30 Late Innings 297

Chapter 31 The SEC Finds a Spot under the Rug 311

Chapter 32 A Garden of Weeds 319

Chapter 33 A Conviction, a Hearing, and a Dismissal 331

Chapter 34 Blind Men, Elephants, Möbius Strips, and Moral Hazards 351

Part Six: Epilogue

Chapter 35 Looking Back: As the Story Continued 359

Chapter 36 The Lehman Brothers Saga 361

Chapter 37 If They Asked Me, I Could Write a Book 367

Chapter 38 Just Put Your Lips Together and Blow 377

Chapter 39 Some Final Words to and from the SEC 387

Chapter 40 The Last Word 397

Glossary 401

Acknowledgments 407

About the Author 409

Index 411

About the Author

DAVID EINHORN is the president of Greenlight Capital, which he cofounded in January 1996. Greenlight Capital is a value-oriented investment advisor whose goal is to achieve high absolute rates of return while minimizing the risk of capital loss. Einhorn is the Chairman of Board of Greenlight Capital RE and also serves on the boards of Hillel; The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research; and of the Robin Hood Foundation.

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