Part One Facts and Practitioners | | 3 | (40) |
| 1 Overview: Wealth with Risk |
| | 3 | (20) |
| | 4 | (1) |
| Why Opportunities for Short Selling Exist |
| | 5 | (2) |
| Analytical Techniques: How to Detect the First Tremors of the Quake |
| | 7 | (5) |
| Who Can Benefit from the Wisdom of Short Sellers? |
| | 12 | (1) |
| | 13 | (3) |
| Current Market Statistics and Growth Prospects |
| | 16 | (3) |
| | 19 | (1) |
| | 20 | (3) |
| | 23 | (20) |
| Hedge Funds and Investment Advisors |
| | 23 | (2) |
| Short Sellers--The Alter Ego of Wall Street |
| | 25 | (4) |
| | 39 | (4) |
Part Two Categories and Examples | | 43 | (180) |
| | 43 | (20) |
| | 43 | (1) |
| Harrier: It Just Didn't Add Up |
| | 44 | (9) |
| Second Derivation: Medstone |
| | 53 | (5) |
| | 58 | (4) |
| | 62 | (1) |
| 4 High-Multiple Growth Stocks, Part 1: High Risk, Low Return |
| | 63 | (30) |
| Computers and Cabbage Patch Dolls: Coleco |
| | 64 | (3) |
| Keeping Score with Baseball |
| | 67 | (6) |
| Marble and Brass in a Grocery Store: J. Bildner & Sons |
| | 73 | (8) |
| Lending to Franchisees: Jiffy Lube |
| | 81 | (10) |
| | 91 | (2) |
| 5 High-Multiple Growth Stocks, Part 2: High Returns, Faltering Growth |
| | 93 | (20) |
| | 93 | (1) |
| | 94 | (6) |
| Snapple Beverage Corporation |
| | 100 | (5) |
| | 105 | (7) |
| | 112 | (1) |
| 6 If You Can't Read It, Short It |
| | 113 | (14) |
| | 114 | (6) |
| | 120 | (5) |
| The Weasel: Western Savings and Loan |
| | 125 | (11) |
| Insurance Companies: Who's on First? |
| | 136 | (7) |
| | 143 | (4) |
| 7 Money Suckers: Coining Money to Live |
| | 147 | (22) |
| The Nine Lives of Integrated Resources, Inc. |
| | 147 | (19) |
| | 162 | (5) |
| | 167 | (2) |
| 8 If You Can't Fix It, Sell It |
| | 169 | (20) |
| Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Escapes Maxwell's Money |
| | 170 | (5) |
| Texas Air: Flying with Frank |
| | 175 | (4) |
| Kay Jewelers Sells Out (or Tries to) at the Annual Sale |
| | 179 | (3) |
| | 182 | (5) |
| | 187 | (2) |
| 9 Industry Obsolescence: Theme Stocks |
| | 189 | (20) |
| | 190 | (1) |
| American Continental: What's All the Ruckus About? |
| | 191 | (7) |
| Sun State Savings Acquired on Margin |
| | 198 | (3) |
| Valley National: Uncharacteristic Wall Street Battle |
| | 201 | (6) |
| | 207 | (2) |
| 10 All of the Above: Crazy Eddie |
| | 209 | (14) |
| An Identifiable Story Stock |
| | 209 | (1) |
| A Private Family Bank or an Electronics Chain? |
| | 210 | (1) |
| Does a Medical School Count as Vertical Integration? |
| | 211 | (1) |
| Wall Street Hysteria and Home Shopping |
| | 212 | (2) |
| | 214 | (3) |
| | 217 | (3) |
| | 220 | (3) |
Part Three History and General Lessons | | 223 | (54) |
| | 223 | (12) |
| | 223 | (4) |
| And a Multitude of Small Follies |
| | 227 | (6) |
| | 233 | (1) |
| | 234 | (1) |
| 12 History and Controversy |
| | 235 | (20) |
| | 235 | (12) |
| Witch Hunts and Regulation |
| | 247 | (5) |
| | 252 | (3) |
| 13 Six Pillars of Fundamental Short Selling |
| | 255 | (22) |
| The Short Seller's Random Walk for Ideas |
| | 255 | (20) |
| 1. The Pessimist's Guide to Financial Statements |
| | 257 | (7) |
| 2. In Search of Greed and Sleaze |
| | 264 | (8) |
| | 271 | (2) |
| | 273 | (1) |
| 5. Check the Water Temperature |
| | 273 | (1) |
| | 274 | (1) |
| | 275 | (1) |
| | 275 | (2) |
Appendix: Margin Accounts and Short Selling | | 277 | (2) |
Index | | 279 | |